What is Yak Shaving?
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Any seemingly pointless activity which is actually necessary to solve a problem which solves a problem which, several levels of recursion later, solves the real problem you're working on.
origin: MIT AI Lab, after 2000: orig. probably from a Ren & Stimpy episode.
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A Cadillac or other large, fancy car.
Where did you get that car? It looks like a nigger heap...
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1. Ignorantly making a situation worse
2. Unknowingly adding drama to someone's life
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Tabby: I saw Lana flirting with Matt ea..
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The smell of jizz in the air even though there is none.
Mr. X: you smell that?
Mr. Y: smell what?
Mr. X: That Invis-a-Jizz, it smells..
