The Downing-Kruger effect is like the Dunning-Kruger effect, but specifically exhibited by people with Down Syndrome. It may be more apparent than usual due to the “stubborn” personality type commonly associated with DS.
My roommate kept nagging me a lot by saying I needed to take NyQuil, even though I actually had pinkeye and it wouldn’t have helped any. I know he thinks he’s caring for me, but he really doesn’t understand what he’s talking about. It’s not his fault though; he has Down Syndrome, so this is just the Downing-Kruger effect in action.
by Unstable Sub-Genius February 12, 2024
Short for “(P)rogressive, (M)odernist, and (S)ecular-Humanist”. Used to describe the prevailing worldview or sociopolitical culture in many academic and corporate subspaces in 2020s America and Western Europe. Some would consider them to be today’s establishment in the same way that WASPs were the establishment in early 20th century America.
The PMS mindset could be considered the result of an informal alliance between “Social Justice Warriors” (intersectionalists) and “Scientific Justice Warriors” (modern skeptics), within a capitalistic environment.
The PMS mindset could be considered the result of an informal alliance between “Social Justice Warriors” (intersectionalists) and “Scientific Justice Warriors” (modern skeptics), within a capitalistic environment.
1. Professor Nelson disliked the word “globalist” because it sounded too conspiratorial, and he would never say “Cultural Marxist” because of its bigoted and antisemitic connotations. But he still believed there was an unspoken social creed that most of his colleagues forcefully professed, which he privately held doubts about. Since he couldn’t think of a better term, he called it PMS.
2. As an aging, liberal-leaning Methodist who grew up during the Cold War, Linda knew she didn’t support Donald Trump or his Republican Party at all. But she still felt disaffected by the political statements made by the younger women that she knew. There was something about the younger women that Linda just didn’t share: their PMS.
3. Rashid, as a Muslim from an immigrant family, said that he feels politically homeless in the United States. The Right won’t accept him because he is Muslim, but the establishment Left will never understand what his family cares about because they themselves are too blinded by their own PMS.
4. Lexi knew that she wanted to study philosophy, but it bothered her that so many of her peers thought that we didn’t need philosophy anymore because we had science now. And the ones who _had_ read any philosophy never ventured outside the Analytic tradition. It was such a PMS attitude on their part.
2. As an aging, liberal-leaning Methodist who grew up during the Cold War, Linda knew she didn’t support Donald Trump or his Republican Party at all. But she still felt disaffected by the political statements made by the younger women that she knew. There was something about the younger women that Linda just didn’t share: their PMS.
3. Rashid, as a Muslim from an immigrant family, said that he feels politically homeless in the United States. The Right won’t accept him because he is Muslim, but the establishment Left will never understand what his family cares about because they themselves are too blinded by their own PMS.
4. Lexi knew that she wanted to study philosophy, but it bothered her that so many of her peers thought that we didn’t need philosophy anymore because we had science now. And the ones who _had_ read any philosophy never ventured outside the Analytic tradition. It was such a PMS attitude on their part.
by Unstable Sub-Genius February 25, 2023
A person who openly admires Hitler or the Nazis, but who would likely end up being purged or “Long Knived” out of any real fascist or Nazi movement. This may either be because of immutable personal characteristics, antisocial tendencies that make it impossible to function as part of a mass movement, or other beliefs and habits that typical fascists wouldn’t tolerate.
(In)famous examples of such include:
-Kanye West (due to being Black)
-Varg Vikernes (due to his eccentricity, possible autism, and criminal history)
-Nick “A. Wyatt Mann” Bougas (due to his ties to the Church of Satan, “degenerate” shock-rocker GG Allin, and trash/grindhouse cinema, among other things)
-Any gay or transgender Nazi
-Nazi furries
-People who identify as both Nazis and incels
-Nazi Satanists (many of the original Nazis did harbor misgivings about Christianity, some even considered themselves pagan, but they would have drawn the line at overt Satanism)
Borderline cases may include:
-Louis Farrakhan (he has praised Hitler on a few occasions, but his overall worldview is primarily rooted in Afrocentrism rather than European-style fascism)
-Bronze Age Pervert (it’s debatable whether he’s really a “Nazi” or not, although his belief system is fairly close to theirs; he is also a Jew and a Zionist)
(In)famous examples of such include:
-Kanye West (due to being Black)
-Varg Vikernes (due to his eccentricity, possible autism, and criminal history)
-Nick “A. Wyatt Mann” Bougas (due to his ties to the Church of Satan, “degenerate” shock-rocker GG Allin, and trash/grindhouse cinema, among other things)
-Any gay or transgender Nazi
-Nazi furries
-People who identify as both Nazis and incels
-Nazi Satanists (many of the original Nazis did harbor misgivings about Christianity, some even considered themselves pagan, but they would have drawn the line at overt Satanism)
Borderline cases may include:
-Louis Farrakhan (he has praised Hitler on a few occasions, but his overall worldview is primarily rooted in Afrocentrism rather than European-style fascism)
-Bronze Age Pervert (it’s debatable whether he’s really a “Nazi” or not, although his belief system is fairly close to theirs; he is also a Jew and a Zionist)
-People just assume that Nazi rejects must lack self-awareness, but this isn’t necessarily true. Frederick “Hot Wheels” Brennan wrote an essay explicitly endorsing Nazi-style eugenics on the grounds that it would lead to fewer people like himself being born.
-Alex was a committed anti-fascist, and he thought there was nothing wrong with punching real Nazis. He didn’t feel the same way about Nazi rejects, as he thought they should be pitied rather than feared.
-During the Crown Heights riots, some Black residents of the neighborhood began chanting “Heil Hitler” to intimidate their Orthodox Jewish neighbors. That’s textbook “Nazi reject” behavior
-Alex was a committed anti-fascist, and he thought there was nothing wrong with punching real Nazis. He didn’t feel the same way about Nazi rejects, as he thought they should be pitied rather than feared.
-During the Crown Heights riots, some Black residents of the neighborhood began chanting “Heil Hitler” to intimidate their Orthodox Jewish neighbors. That’s textbook “Nazi reject” behavior
by Unstable Sub-Genius January 26, 2024
A metaphorical medical condition in which your entire body is always covered by a bag that is imperceptible to other people, but you yourself feel and act awkward all the time because it’s hard to see out of your bag or move around in it.
Sort of a twist on John Lennon’s original idea of the same name, except that instead of everyone else wearing a bag, only you have one. Lennon’s idea was of a world where everyone is equal, but with this kind of bagism, it’s the opposite because you’re different from everyone else.
Of course, this condition doesn’t exist in reality. But it does make a decent metaphor for autism.
Sort of a twist on John Lennon’s original idea of the same name, except that instead of everyone else wearing a bag, only you have one. Lennon’s idea was of a world where everyone is equal, but with this kind of bagism, it’s the opposite because you’re different from everyone else.
Of course, this condition doesn’t exist in reality. But it does make a decent metaphor for autism.
Todd: Oh, I’m sorry I bumped into you by mistake, I’m just clumsy because I have bagism and it’s sometimes hard to tell where everything is.
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Steve: I just read a book about John Lennon, and he was talking about bagism. I think it’s such a great idea!
Sal: Oh, trust me, bagism is overrated. I‘ve had it for my whole life.
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Steve: I just read a book about John Lennon, and he was talking about bagism. I think it’s such a great idea!
Sal: Oh, trust me, bagism is overrated. I‘ve had it for my whole life.
by Unstable Sub-Genius February 26, 2023
That moment a conservative or right-wing commentator stops pretending to admire Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., and admits they never really cared for the man (or the Civil Rights movement in general) after all.
King flipping falls just a tad short of actually defending segregation or Jim Crow. The conservative making these statements will typically just say that the civil rights activists and the segregationists were both bad in their own way. However, don’t expect him or her to maintain this stance for long. Once someone has King flipped, their metamorphosis from a conservative into a full-blown white supremacist is almost guaranteed, and likely to happen soon.
King flipping falls just a tad short of actually defending segregation or Jim Crow. The conservative making these statements will typically just say that the civil rights activists and the segregationists were both bad in their own way. However, don’t expect him or her to maintain this stance for long. Once someone has King flipped, their metamorphosis from a conservative into a full-blown white supremacist is almost guaranteed, and likely to happen soon.
-Charlie Kirk used to call Dr. King a hero, but now he says King was “awful” and the Civil Rights Act was a mistake because it created too many federal bureaucracies. And he wants to spend Martin Luther King Day railing about this to everyone who will listen. Looks like Charlie has officially King flipped. He’ll probably be playing Johnny Rebel songs at his rallies before long.
-Conservatives’ attitudes toward race tend to decay predictably over time, almost like radioactive isotopes do. The decay chain for the conservative isotope goes something like this, with each step typically having a shorter half-life than the previous one:
1. “Can’t we just stop talking about race? Let’s all just be colorblind.”
2. “Dr. King was a Republican, and Democrats are the real racists! Just like in 1860!”
3. “Blacks are more racist than whites, and BLM is a terrorist group. Dr. King would have agreed with me, you know. He’d want us to build the wall and ban books, too.”
4. “Aw, f*** it! Dr. King really wasn’t a good person and I’m sick of pretending he’d be on our side, because I know he wouldn’t. And Civil Rights was a Commie plot. I’m totally not a racist, though.” this stage is the King flip
5. There’s nothing wrong with being a racist. We’d be better off if the South had won. And maybe we should start questioning the mainstream narrative of World War II, too.
-Conservatives’ attitudes toward race tend to decay predictably over time, almost like radioactive isotopes do. The decay chain for the conservative isotope goes something like this, with each step typically having a shorter half-life than the previous one:
1. “Can’t we just stop talking about race? Let’s all just be colorblind.”
2. “Dr. King was a Republican, and Democrats are the real racists! Just like in 1860!”
3. “Blacks are more racist than whites, and BLM is a terrorist group. Dr. King would have agreed with me, you know. He’d want us to build the wall and ban books, too.”
4. “Aw, f*** it! Dr. King really wasn’t a good person and I’m sick of pretending he’d be on our side, because I know he wouldn’t. And Civil Rights was a Commie plot. I’m totally not a racist, though.” this stage is the King flip
5. There’s nothing wrong with being a racist. We’d be better off if the South had won. And maybe we should start questioning the mainstream narrative of World War II, too.
by Unstable Sub-Genius January 14, 2024
A conservative/Republican/MAGA supporter in the USA whose positions on foreign policy are suspiciously in line with the Kremlin’s.
Portmanteau of “conservative” with vatnik (Russian ultranationalist).
Portmanteau of “conservative” with vatnik (Russian ultranationalist).
Tucker Carlson said he is rooting for the Russians to win in Ukraine. He is such a conservatnik!
Conservatniks keep extolling Putin’s Russia for its “traditional values” while claiming Western countries are decadent. Whose side are they really on?
I know people like to say the horseshoe theory is BS. But, isn’t it strange how so many “anti-imperialist” leftists sound just like conservatniks when it comes to foreign policy?
Conservatniks keep extolling Putin’s Russia for its “traditional values” while claiming Western countries are decadent. Whose side are they really on?
I know people like to say the horseshoe theory is BS. But, isn’t it strange how so many “anti-imperialist” leftists sound just like conservatniks when it comes to foreign policy?
by Unstable Sub-Genius January 16, 2024
A term that could be used sarcastically to refer to socially powerful Chinese people, particularly those who are corrupt or who are trying to covertly influence other countries. The term can refer to CCP officials, other public figures working (openly or secretly) on behalf of the Chinese government, or even leaders of organized Chinese crime groups, etc.
It’s a reference to “Son of Heaven”, the official title formerly held by the Chinese emperor.
It would be directly analogous to the word “oligarch” used in the context of the post-Soviet world, and implies a similar level of critique. Use of the term would be helpful as it would provide a way to openly criticize Chinese influence in one’s own society without coming across as racist or Sinophobic. That’s because it doesn’t apply to all Chinese people, only the powerful and corrupt ones.
It’s a reference to “Son of Heaven”, the official title formerly held by the Chinese emperor.
It would be directly analogous to the word “oligarch” used in the context of the post-Soviet world, and implies a similar level of critique. Use of the term would be helpful as it would provide a way to openly criticize Chinese influence in one’s own society without coming across as racist or Sinophobic. That’s because it doesn’t apply to all Chinese people, only the powerful and corrupt ones.
I don’t have anything against ordinary Chinese people, but the Sons of Heaven have FAR too much influence in Hollywood and Washington, D.C., and that’s a real problem.
My ex-girlfriend is from China, and she loathes the Sons of Heaven as much as I do. She’d probably be a political prisoner today if she hadn’t come to America.
I hear people are talking about a possible invasion of Taiwan. Looks like the Sons of Heaven are at it again.
The Sons of Heaven claim they have actually been doing the Tibetans and Uyghurs a favor all these years. Like I’m ever going to believe that.
My ex-girlfriend is from China, and she loathes the Sons of Heaven as much as I do. She’d probably be a political prisoner today if she hadn’t come to America.
I hear people are talking about a possible invasion of Taiwan. Looks like the Sons of Heaven are at it again.
The Sons of Heaven claim they have actually been doing the Tibetans and Uyghurs a favor all these years. Like I’m ever going to believe that.
by Unstable Sub-Genius January 16, 2024