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Annoyance: The Hungarian Horntail (Book 4, Chapter 19)

Harry Potter and the Sacred Text

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Anannoyance Is an Era Right?

annoyance creeps up is when we're too tired or frustrated or distracted to assume good intentions right where something can suddenly seem really intentional or hateful. I think that if I had been having a great time at that party and then this guy had been like are you Julia's mom I would have been like no but I was at a diminished capacity because he was actually calling attention to the exact reason that I was so annoyed. Harry turns around and immediately lives ready for the fight  because he's in this kind of heightened state of stress he reacts immediately with annoyance rather than assuming good intention.

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