"Attention passengers. Flight 369 has been cancelled due to our desire to ruin your life."
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air travel, airport, airports, airline, airlines, airplane, airplanes, aeroplane, aeroplanes, traveler, travelers, travellers, travellers, passenger, passengers, flight, flights, flying, canceled, cancelled, desire, desires, wish, wishes, ruin your life, attention, announcement, announcements, problem, problems, departure gate, departure gates, cancellation, cancellations, customer service, service, bad service, bad customer service"Excuse me, Doc, my attention wandered. What type of deficit disorder did you say I had?"
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attention deficit disorder, doctors, crazy, doctors & patients, medical, trends, psychiatrists, psychologists, psychiatrist, attention, short attention span, short attention spans, attention span, attention spans, modern life, modern world, modern worlds, modern living, mental disorder, mental disorders, learning disability, learning disabilities, learning disabled, mankoff"Am I doing something wrong? You don't say 'Good dog' to me anymore."
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animal, animals, talking animal, talking animals, talking pet, talking pets, pet, pets, pet owner, pet owners, talking dog, talking dogs, dog, dogs, canine, canines, dog owner, dog owners, good boy, good dog, sad, sadness, depressed, depression, mental health, self-esteem, self-confidence, self-worth, self-respect, praise, praising, attention, attention-seeking, needy, clingy, anxious, anxiety"Before I read about my summer vacation, I'd like to ask that all pagers, beepers, and cell phones be turned off."
"Don't listen to him. Your hair is beautiful."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, your honor, honor, your honour, court, courts, court of law, court room, court rooms, courtroom, courtrooms, prosecute, prosecutor, attention, pay attention, focus, focused, lie, lies, slander, slandering, slandered, libel, client, clients, reassuring, reassurance, reassurances, vain, vanity, hairstyle, hairstyles, reassure, reassurance, reassurances, reassuring"Please have a seat. Mr. Thorndyke will be back shortly."
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spaced out, spaced, distract, distracted, distraction, distractions, miles away, zoned out, zone out, daydream, daydreaming, brain dead, braindead, exec, executive, executives, meeting, meetings, business, big business, boss, businessman, businessmen, office, offices, stress, stressed, concentrate, concentration, first impressions, present, presence, physical, mental, not quite there, tune out, paying attention, attention, pay attention, greetings, greeting, workaholic, work life balance, breakdown, stressed, modern life, working life, corporate, word play, play on words, word, words". . . and I haven't met anyone interesting in years." "What am I-chopped liver?"
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psychiatrist, psychiatrists, psychologist, psychologists, counselor, counselors, counselling, counsel, undervalued, insulting, insulted, poor practice, taking offense, offended, offense, ignored, ignoring, ignores, attention, craving attention, interesting, interest, left out, leave out, leaving, unprofessional"He's just doing that to get attention."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, family, families, welder, welders, welding, torch, torches, acetylene torch, acetylene torches, cutting torch, cutting torches, graffiti, vandalism, love, attention, attention-seeking, needy, clingy, problem, problems, relationship, relationships, son, sons, mother-son relationship, mother-son relationships, toddler, toddlers, unusual, strange, behavior, behaviour, desperate"Don't make eye contact..."
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whale, whales, whaling, harpoon, harpoons, hunt, hunting, sperm whale, sperm whales, moby dick, moby-dick, whalers, hunter, hunters, whaler, captain ahab, ahab, hermn mellville, melville, eye contact, eye-contact, draw attention, attention, awkward, awkwardness, worry, worried, worries, captain, captains, harpooning, subway, subways, transit, mass transit, public transport, mass transits, literature, book, books, novel, novels, transport, tube, train, trains"When you're finished not looking at here, can you divert your non-attention to me?"
"Attention, shoppers. We have a lost boomer at the information desk."
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department store, department stores, store, stores, shop, shops, shopping, shopper, shoppers, mall, malls, shopping mall, shopping malls, shopping center, shopping centers, shopping centre, shopping centres, information, lost & found, lost and found, lost, missing, boomer, boomers, baby boomer, baby boomers, old, elderly, old people, elderly people, senior, seniors, senior citizen, senior citizens, aging, ageing, growing old, growing older, getting older, getting old, growing old, old age, over the hill, over-the-hill, senile, senility, middle age, middle aged, middle-age, middle-aged, announcement, announcements, attention, man, men"Let me see what my mother wants — aside from attention."
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woman, women, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, parent, parents, daughter, daughters, attention, attention-seeking, attention-seeker, attention-seekers, attention-hog, attention-hogs, needy, attachment, attachment issues, separation anxiety, phone, phones, telephone, telephones, call, calls, calling, text, texts, texting, message, messages, messaging, mother-daughter relationships, family, families"Don't think of it as a conspiracy charge. Think of it as a buddy trial."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, your honor, honor, your honour, court, courts, court of law, court room, court rooms, courtroom, courtrooms, prosecute, prosecutor, attention, pay attention, focus, focused, focusing, alibi, excuse, excuses, businessman, businessmen, corporate, corporation, corporations, private individual, rich people, rich, corporate crime, conspiracy"Not now, Matthew. This is Daddy's quiet-desperation time."
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parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, child, children, kid, kids, childhood, dad, dads, father, fathers, fatherhood, drink, drinks, drinker, drinkers, alcohol, martini, martinis, booze, liquor, relax, relaxing, relaxation, attention, attention needy, quiet time, desperation, desperate, depressed, depression, tired, exhausted, middle age, middle aged, quiet desperation, henry david thoreau, thoreau, essayist, writer, writersThe New York Sportswriters
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writer, writers, novel, novella, novels, novel writing, literature, literary, word play, play on words, ironic, irony, author, authors, authored, book, books, book lover, writing, sport writer, sport writing, sportswriter, sportswriting, pay attention, attention, focus, focusing, baseball, pitch, pitcher, pitching, bat, batter, batting, series, expansion, expansion team, expansion teams"O.K., O.K., house arrest."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, your honor, honor, your honour, court, courts, court of law, court room, court rooms, courtroom, courtrooms, prosecute, prosecutor, attention, dog, dogs, pet, pets, puppy, puppy dog, puppy eyes, puppy dog eyes, cute, cutely, cuteness, adorable, relent, relenting, ease, ease off"You were a stray before and you can be a stray again."
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stray, strays, adopt, adopted, adopting, adoption, scratch, scratched, scratching, scratches, scratching post, pet, pets, new pet, new cat, house cat, indoor cat, lap cat, needy, need, attention, attentive, problem, problem cat, cats, cat, crazy cat ladies, crazy cat lady, kitty, kitties, kitten, threaten, threat, threats, love, loving, loved, warn, warning, warned"I need you to line up by attention span."
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elementary, kid, kids, child, childhood, nostalgia, nostalgic, childish, kindergarten, grade, preschool, pre-school, educating, education, teacher, teachers, attention, attention span, adhd, add, student, students, playful, playfulness, eager, eagerness, eagerly, happy, happiness, patient, patience, book, books, school, schools, schooling"Stay away from him. He has an unbelievably long attention span."
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long attention span, attention, attention span, attentive, overshare, share, shared, chatty, over share, overshared, oversharing, tmi, too much information, good listener, self induced, self-induced, ramble, rambling, party, parties, conversation, conversation skills, communication, communication skills, eager, brief, briefs, pitch, pitches, hard at to follow, introduce, introductions, introduced, life, life history, life story, friend, friends, friendship"Before I start my taped testimony, I should like to say a few words about Fenton's Naturally Decaffeinated Coffee."
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judge, judges, judged, judicial, judiciary, jury, juror, jurors, jury duty, law, lawyer, lawyers, legal, legality, legalism, your honor, honor, your honour, court, courts, court of law, court room, court rooms, courtroom, courtrooms, prosecute, prosecutor, attention, pay attention, focus, focused, focusing, taped, taped testimony, testimony, give testimony, advertising, advert, ad, ads, advertisement, advertisements, advertised, capitalism, consumerism, hack, law, marketing, marketting"I had a scary dream that I wasn't getting any attention."
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kid, kids, child, children, parent, parents, parenting, parenthood, mom, moms, mum, mums, mother, mothers, motherhood, father, fathers, fatherhood, dad, dads, family, families, bed, beds, sleeping, night, nighttime, middle of the night, dream, dreams, dreaming, bad dream, bad dreams, nightmare, nightmares, attention, lack of attention, childhood, scary, scared, waking up, center of attention, centre of attention, spoiled, insecure, insecurity, insecurities, psychology, mental health"I only overshare because you never listen."
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overshare, overshares, oversharing, listen, listens, listening, listener, listeners, share, shares, sharing, conversation, conversations, conversationalist, conversationalists, listening skills, communication skills, communication, ignore, ignores, ignoring, attention, attention-seeking, attention-seeking behavior, neglect, spousal neglect, neglected spouse, neglected spouses, husband, husbands, wife, wives, communication breakdown, communication breakdowns"I need a hug."
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relationship, relationships, marriage, married, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses, couple, couples, men, man, woman, women, workaholic, workaholics, work from home, digital nomad, digital nomads, e-worker, e-workers, home office, hug, hugs, affection, attention, affectionate