shattered

""Ah, that's better, now IE looks like it sucks and my worldview is no longer shattered.

It made a hell of a big bang, shattered a bunch of glassware, and startled the hell out of my lab-mates.

Considering the number of iPhones with shattered screens that I see, I'm not sure "full glass" is the best form factor.

It dates back to the victorians, with their "All things Bright and Beautiful" view of god's creation, which was shattered by darwin.

My web development career and reputation would be shattered.

Expectations shattered, I started drinking again after 6 months of sobriety.

I have talked with men so schizophrenic I almost cried to see a human mind so shattered before me. I have slept with a woman for no other purpose than to hear her rise "to go to the bathroom" so I could follow her and ensure she wasn't going to the kitchen to do the serious wrist thing.

They're a class of abstract thinkers stuck in an imperfect world where their theories will always be unapologetically shattered by complex and unpredictable realities.

"They're a class of abstract thinkers stuck in an imperfect world where their theories will always be unapologetically shattered by complex and unpredictable realities.

But governing takes common sense, and whatever they have is shattered by lobbyists who's only job is to undermine common-sense with smooth-sounding arguments - or, if that doesn't work, threats of withdrawing campaign support.

Instead of writing ten paragraphs, I'll just try to write a little story:Imagine you are in a building that has suddenly started to shake violently - and in slow motion you realize that this is your first earthquake, you are in a place without good building codes, and this area is capable of intensely destructive earthquakes - you may panic, feel a huge wave of paralyzing confusion, feel your brain flood with adrenaline, forget all your rational thoughts and fall down in shock as shattered glass falls on you and hurts you.