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12 Moments That Are Basically Buffering IRL

Sometimes it seems the whole world has frozen right in the middle of loading. Awkward.

1. In the brief pause before a response to your marriage proposal.

2. When there's no light at the end of the tunnel.

3. As the waitress breathlessly lists a bunch of specials you're not listening to.

4. Waiting for the guy ahead of you to just move already. Just. MOVE.

5. Between the "ah" and the "choo."

6. During a cold snap that defies any seasonal logic.

7. At carousel number three after a red-eye.

8. After the third opening act finishes and before the headliner takes the stage.

9. When you're waiting "just a moment" for the doctor.

10. Four hours into your girlfriend's friend's interpretive dance routine.

11. As the fettuccine stalls on al dente.

12. Right now. This exact moment right now.

Don't get rebuffed by buffering. Get better service with Verizon. (She said "yes" to the proposal, by the way.)