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the bill the universe sends after you've already spent the fun
means a result or effect that follows from an action or decision, especially one that arrives later and unbidden
from From Latin 'consequentia,' meaning 'a following after,' built from 'con-' (with, together) and 'sequi' (to follow) — the same 'sequi' that gives us 'sequence,' 'sequel,' and 'pursue.' At its root it simply means the thing that follows; the moral weight we now hang on it came later, as English speakers learned that what follows tends to be the part you'd rather it didn't.
- latin roots
- means literally 'following with' — it tails you
- physics echo
- every action's equal reaction is a consequence wearing a lab coat
- delayed delivery
- often arrives years late, never refunds
- butterfly effect
- one flap of wings can topple distant dominoes
hiroshima nuclear bombing — 170,000 deaths in japan on august 6, 1945, demonstrating atomic warfare consequences
chernobyl disaster aftermath — 31 immediate deaths and 4,000+ cancer cases from 1986 soviet reactor explosion