Hobsmacked

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Hobsmacked

adj.
suddenly aware of how limited your social circles really are; that although your immediate environment feels like a microcosm of society, it’s more like a bag of exotic fish floating on the surface of a huge aquarium, which is teeming with a million shadowy subcultures that you’d be stunned to see up close.

From hobnob, to mix socially + gobsmacked, astounded.

Aftergloom

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Emodox

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Aftersome

rows of opaque and clear marbles

Catoptric Tristesse

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The Unsharp Mask

a mirror with a reflection of a person

Craxis

a tall house of cards