What does it mean to deal with the insignificant?

I’m looking for a word that fits in to this sentence and means dealing with the insignificant:

Twins fans have a knack for fretting over the ______, and this won’t relent any time soon. –

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As in:

Twins fans have a knack for fretting over a whit, and this won’t relent anytime soon.

a whit OED

Without negative: a whit : to a very small extent, a very little. Any whit, and one whit: to the least amount; in the least degree; at all. every (each), whit: completely, altogether, thoroughly, quite (in later use almost always with as in comparisons of equality).

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Answered on March 9, 2021.
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With no root or other words, the trifle, (n.e., trifle is pronounced as trifle). A thing that has little importance.

Or trivial, inconsequential,.. Or?

Answered on March 9, 2021.
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For a slightly different tone, how about fretting over ephemera?

According to the Weber, ephemera is derived from the Greek words epi (for) and hemera (the day). In Japan, the word “short-lived” literally means “insignificant” and/or “heavy”.

Minutae means “small in space”. Ephemera means “small in time”.

Depending on the subject of the fretting, and whether you’re trying to be serious or ironic, either might be a usable choice.

Answered on March 10, 2021.
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Minutiae fits your sentence. What is https://www.merriamwebster.com? It is

a plural noun. “A

minute or minor detail —usually used in plural He was bewildered by the contract’s minutiae. ”

” “How should I be treated”

Answered on March 10, 2021.
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