Vocabulary: Resistentialism

[ysabetwordsmith]

Resistentialism:

"seemingly spiteful behavior manifested by inanimate objects", where objects that cause problems (like lost keys, printers, or a runaway bouncy ball) are said to exhibit a high degree of malice toward humans. The theory posits a war being fought between humans and inanimate objects, and all the little annoyances that objects cause throughout the day are battles between the two.

Comments

[conuly]

Oh, I don't think looking back he was just randomly cursing. I think it was more that I'd mentioned it was taking a while and he called the machine stupid, something along those lines.

[see_also_friend]

I'd likely file that as being annoyed or having a bad day than a signal that the person was aggressive. Not perfect behavior, but much more within acceptable parameters.