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Thanos Center

Just as Thanos's snap was technically a halfway point between "nobody dies" and "everybody dies", other ideas can be said to occupy the "Thanos Center" of policy options if they are in the middle in some technical way despite being radically extreme and appallingly unacceptable to the vast majority of people.

A national highway speed limit of 35 mph is the Thanos Center, not a realistic compromise!

by jdfree August 10, 2021

wokesplain

To attribute bad behavior to malevolence or oppression from people other than the bad actors.

A: Urban murders are up 60% this year! The legacy of slavery sure is terrible!
B: Quit wokesplaining! It makes no sense that slavery's impact would get worse the further we get from it!

by jdfree June 21, 2021