Word: instantism
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...comedy troupe. Usually what we’ll do is take a one-word suggestion and then we’ll kind of riff on that for about 45 minutes, just branching between scenes. It’s usually pretty fun.RR: Isn’t this supposed to be instant? I don’t feel gratified yet.KB: Alright, what about if I did a scene about me and my friend who is a banana. Starting to feel more gratified? Maybe? A little bit?RR: You’re getting there.KB: Alright. What if during the next show, we broke...
...checklists and constantly rejecting men like Mystery, or with accessible, impossibly beautiful women just dying to hop into bed. These expectations combine to produce dissatisfying results for everyone. The gap between ideals and hormones produces the hook-up culture, which is frustrating to most sane people. The difficulty about instant gratification is that it is neither. But if men don’t run around like deranged rabbits, they are failing to live up to their potential. If women “settle,” they’re committing the ultimate crime of self-disrespect. No one wins...
...forward Holly Lorms broke out for a fast break and found herself one-on-one with Kessler. Lorms lifted a hard shot high over Kessler’s shoulder. The puck seemed destined for the back of the net, but Kessler flashed leather through the air and in an instant the puck was in the webbing of Kessler’s glove...
...trying to turn big numbers into industry dominance even when it doesn't have lots of good ideas. It's done this in software through its near monopolies in operating systems and Web browsers. If Microsoft eats Yahoo!, it will also have dominance in Web-based e-mail, instant messaging and Web portals. That's got to be a temptation. Sure, Google is "the No. 1 search player," a source close to Google argues. "But users can click away and use another search engine. Microsoft has monopolies. Governments on both sides of the Atlantic have found that it abused those...
...forgotten in all the excitement, don't you? Well, you probably won't see any noticeable changes for a while. Eventually--this could take years--MSN and Yahoo! will merge, Live Search and Yahoo! Search will merge, Hotmail and Yahoo! Mail will merge, and so will the two instant-messaging services. You'll see some minor technical glitches along...