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[[File:Nerf.gif|450px|thumb|center|A young attorney experiencing [[deal fatigue]] yesterday.]] | [[File:Nerf.gif|450px|thumb|center|A young attorney experiencing [[deal fatigue]] yesterday.]] | ||
}}The point at which an activity’s intrinsic [[tedium]] becomes utterly intolerable, such that it dawns on participants that the [[I'm not going to die in a ditch about it|ditch in which they have been stubbornly insisting they will die]] is really just a meaningless rut on the side of an ugly hill leading nowhere in particular, and that there is more fun to be had threatening to die in ''other'' ditches, on other hills, on other days, by passing up the opportunity to actually die, today, in this one. | }}The point at which an activity’s intrinsic [[tedium]] becomes utterly intolerable, such that it dawns on participants that the [[I'm not going to die in a ditch about it|ditch in which they have been stubbornly insisting they will die]] is really just a meaningless rut on the side of an ugly hill leading nowhere in particular, and that there is more fun to be had threatening to die in ''other'' ditches, on other hills, on other days, by passing up the opportunity to ''actually'' die, today, in ''this'' one. | ||
This revelatory moment happens spontaneously for all concerned participants, and often at about the same time. Usually on a Friday in the middle of the afternoon. | This revelatory moment happens spontaneously for all concerned participants, and often at about the same time. Usually on a Friday in the middle of the afternoon. | ||