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...Reply” and we awkwardly make out with someone at a party only to realize they’re a pre-frosh The only thing more awkward than the random, uncomfortable events that unfold in our daily lives is, ironically, our overuse of the word ‘awkward?...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...Crew team or the president of the Chemistry Club, waving back to someone who actually wasn’t waving at you is still going to sting. But it is simply our eagerness to over-think our actions and over-diagnose our weaknesses that makes “awkward?? the mantra du jour of Harvard students...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...then it’s counteractive to foster a culture of self-deprecation in which it can grow. Perhaps it is time to stop obsessing over the awkward kitsch and start having more faith in our own abilities to be functional members of society. Declaring things “awkward?? when they are merely natural does nothing but numb us to the truly awkward instances in life. The overpopulation of ‘awkwards’ has become redundant to the point of not saying anything at all, because really, being awkward is old news...

Author: By Emma M. Lind | Title: A Self-Fulfilling Prophecy | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

...bears and drinking Diet Coke together. This time they’ll drink 40s, and if all goes well, do some hand-holding. Mutual ‘hand’-holding. Elizabeth W. Green ’06, Magazine Chair: Hey—oh god this is so awkward?...

Author: By FM Staff, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Let’s Make Out | 12/14/2005 | See Source »

...less likely to have strong preferences about comics, and I guess it’s good they have a cause for this one; people like to feel like they’re doing something good with their money. Annie Lewis ’07 I think stand-up is awkward??you’re sitting in front of someone and they’re obviously pretending to do something that isn’t natural to them. It’s contrived. They should bring that vagina workshop lady. I’m absolutely sure that at Harvard...

Author: By Michael A. Mohammed, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The Prying Game: UC Comedy Show | 12/1/2005 | See Source »

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