Friends with exceptions

When friends make an exception from a normally “friendly relationship” to a “friends with benefits” like relationship for a limited period of time. They both consent that it will only last for that period of time, and afterwards they go back to being normal friends.

Friends with exceptions describes Anne’s relationship with her boss.

by Norwegian Education February 27, 2020

The Lesbian Exception

If an out of the closet lesbian has had no success in dating for 5 years or more, they may marry their trans masc best friend.

"Hey did you hear Linda's getting married?"
"I thought she didn't have a girlfriend!"
"She didn't, she called upon The Lesbian Exception!"

by A Bit Sapphic July 10, 2023

Law of Exception

According to Oleevie's Law of Exception, every proposition exhibits an inherent exception, whereby paradoxically, the proposition may itself manifest as an exception under specific conditions.
It simply means that every rule or statement has an exception, and interestingly, sometimes the rule itself can be an exception in certain situations.simply means that every rule or statement has an exception, and interestingly, sometimes the rule itself can be an exception in certain situations.

Consider the statement "Birds can fly." Applying Law of Exception, a penguin becomes the exception to this rule, as it's a bird that cannot fly. Here, the initial statement about birds flying becomes its own exception when applied to penguins.

by anonymous February 4, 2024

Undefined behaviour exception

Eine Undefined Behaviour Exception ist eine Exception, die bei Undefined Behaviour geworfen wird. Geschichtlich stammt die Undefined Behaviour Exception aus der Programmiersprache Sonix, die bei Stenya von einem sehr kompetenten Entwicklerteam geskidded wird. Manche Verschwörungsideologen behaupten, dass diese Art von Exception keinen Sinn macht.

Hast du schon etwas in der neuen Sprache geschrieben, die bei Stenya entwickelt wird? Ja, aber irgendwie bekomme ich eine Undefined Behaviour Exception. Oh neyyn, oh neyyyn, das kann doch gar nicht seyyyn. Süüü

by zmxrlxn November 19, 2023

Godwin's Exception

When the guy who coined "Godwin's Law" says it doesn't apply if it's used to pretend Trump is Hitler he's simply a hypocritical cunt.

It's okay to call Trump Hitler, in spite of Godwin's Law, because of Godwin's Exception, if the user is simply embracing their TDS

by DyvCush April 26, 2025

Fallacy of the Relative Exception (Fallacy of "All Other Alternatives Are Worse")

A fallacy that defends a flawed position by comparing it to even worse alternatives, without ever addressing the flaws themselves. "Sure, our healthcare system is broken, but at least it's not as bad as Country X." The fallacy doesn't solve the problem; it just points to someone else's greater problems as a reason to accept one's own. This is the logical skeleton of the "lesser evil" argument, of "it could be worse," of every defense of the status quo that never actually defends the status quo—it just points to something worse. The fallacy ignores that the existence of worse alternatives does not make a bad alternative good, and that the goal should be improvement, not comparison. It's the favorite fallacy of those who benefit from things staying exactly as they are.

Fallacy of the Relative Exception (Fallacy of "All Other Alternatives Are Worse") Example: "She pointed out the corruption, the inequality, the failing infrastructure. He responded with the Fallacy of the Relative Exception: 'But look at Country Y—they have it so much worse.' The problems she listed remained unaddressed, unsolved, untouched. The existence of somewhere worse was supposed to make her somewhere better. It didn't."

by Abzugal February 21, 2026

Fallacy of the Absolute Exception

A fallacy that uses an extreme, often hypothetical exception to dismiss a general rule or pattern. "There are exceptions, therefore the rule is invalid." The fallacy treats the existence of any counterexample—no matter how rare, how marginal, how irrelevant—as proof that a generalization is worthless. It's the logic of "some smokers live to 100, so smoking doesn't cause cancer," of "one minority succeeded, so discrimination doesn't exist." The Fallacy of the Absolute Exception is beloved of those who want to deny patterns they find inconvenient, who would rather focus on the exception than address the rule. It ignores that generalizations describe tendencies, not absolutes, and that exceptions prove the rule only in the sense of testing it—not disproving it.

Example: "She presented decades of data showing systemic racism. He responded with the Fallacy of the Absolute Exception: 'But my Black friend made it, so it's not systemic.' One exception, one data point, used to dismiss mountains of evidence. The rule didn't matter; the exception was all he needed. The fallacy had done its work: making the systemic invisible."

by Abzugal February 21, 2026