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Patient argues, out loud, with their Google Maps voice. Says 'no, this way is faster' when the GPS offers a re-route. Takes the 'better' route. Ends up in a 14-minute delay. Continues to believe they made the right call. Has done this on the same commute for six years.
Chronic. The GPS re-route has never been taken voluntarily.
None. Patient 'knows this area.'
Patients with Pathological GPS Voice Defiance typically present with some or all of the following:
Pathological GPS Voice Defiance is a pathological behavioral condition cataloged by the Institute. It is not recognized by the DSM-5, the ICD-11, or any existing diagnostic framework — and will not be, because it is not a real condition. It is, however, observed in the population with alarming frequency.
In the Institute's formal nomenclature, this condition is catalogued under the Latin binomial Rebellio vocalis navigationalis — a name not recognized by any medical authority but observed repeatedly in the catalog.
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