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Resistentialism is a theory in which objects display hostile or negative behavior towards human beings. The term was coined by humorist Paul Jennings in a piece titled "Report on Resistentialism" published in The Spectator in 1948. The movement is a spoof of existentialism in general, and Jean-Paul Sartre in particular (Jennings gives the inventor of Resistentialism as Pierre-Marie Ventre). The slogan of Resistentialism is "Les choses sont contre nous" -- "Things are against us".

The displacement of teaspoons study Resistentialism and missing teaspoons.

[1]Report on Resistentialism by Paul Jennings

[2] An application of Resistentalism to complex systems

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