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Jocular theory to describe seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects
Jennings naming the fictional inventor of Resistentialism as Pierre-Marie Ventre. The slogan of Resistentialism is "Les choses sont contre nous" ("Things
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Adage that anything that can go wrong will go wrong
dates from the 1930s. In 1948, humorist Paul Jennings coined the term resistentialism, a jocular play on resistance and existentialism, to describe "seemingly
Murphy's_law
Adage
related belief "Inanimate objects are out to get us", also known as Resistentialism. Similar to Finagle's law is the verbless phrase of the German novelist
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Decision rule used for minimizing the possible loss for a worst-case scenario
(see move by nature), and using a similar mindset as Murphy's law or resistentialism, take an approach which minimizes the maximum expected loss, using
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Tendency of bread to land buttered side down
Murphy's law Sod's law The Butter Battle Book Finagle's law § Variants Resistentialism § Similar concepts Martin, Gary. "'Why does bread always fall buttered
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English humourist & author (1918–1989)
Several of his pieces touched on the invented philosophical movement of Resistentialism. Jennings married Celia Blom, daughter of music critic and lexicographer
Paul Jennings (British author)
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Fallacy that intent acts to cause events
Anthropomorphism Argument from ignorance Pathetic fallacy Reification (fallacy) Resistentialism Teleological argument Sowell, Thomas (1996). Knowledge and decisions
Animistic_fallacy
Short story by M. R. James
writes that the title of the story "aptly summarizes [James'] oeuvre". Resistentialism Squire Korbes I.e. "I see you." I.e. "I, Geo[rge] W[ilkins], did this
The Malice of Inanimate Objects
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French national myth of anti-Nazi resistance
Rather than attacking the Resistance as a whole, they created the term "resistentialism" to criticise those who they saw as pseudo-resisters while also attempting
Résistancialisme
1968 short story by Betsy Curtis
Galactic Journey; published September 30, 2023; retrieved May 1, 2024 Resistentialism, posted by Maggie Thompson to the A Way with Words forum, October 7
The_Steiger_Effect
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Biblical
their dew; their shadow
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English Anglo Saxon
Good friend.
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Hindu, Indian, Telugu
Baseline
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Happy warfare. Spoils of war. Wealthy. From the Old English name Eadgyth, meaning rich or happy,...
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Lokankara | லோகாநà¯à®•ாரா
Creator of the three worlds
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Variant spelling of English Jerahmiel, JEREMIEL means "may God have pity" or "whom God loves."
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Irish
light; honor.
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The Person who Always Wins; Winner of War
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Afghan, Australian
Smile
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Australian, Hebrew
Told by God; Sun
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