The slight feeling dwelling inside most people. The burning sensation in one's heart, stomach, and mind, that thing's are wrong, a little off-kilter, that the world, in some way, has let them down. Many of history's worst crimes are committed by desperate people in times of frustration.

I'll tell you what frustration is. It's having a bunch of ideas and no outlet to express them. For instance, I wanted to make a cartoon that consisted of the following scene:

{Man One and Man Two are standing on the street}

{Man One pulls out a tazer and shocks Man Two}

Man Two: Ouch! Why did you do that?

{After a brief pause, Man One tazes Man Two again}


I would title this short 'the human condition'

Frus*tra"tion (?), n. [L. frustratio: cf. OF. frustration.]

The act of frustrating; disappointment; defeat; as, the frustration of one's designs

 

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