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Epistemological Alienation

A profound and unsettling disconnection from the very concept of knowing. It’s the feeling that all sources of knowledge—news, science, personal experience, authority—are equally unreliable, leaving you in a state where you can't trust anything, including your own reasoning. This is deeper than simple skepticism; it’s a state of cognitive nihilism where the foundations of "how we know what we know" have crumbled.
Example: "After falling down a rabbit hole of conspiracy theories, he wasn't just confused, he was in a state of Epistemological Alienation, unable to trust any fact whatsoever."
by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026
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Scientific Alienation

The feeling of being disconnected from, or hostile towards, the institutions, language, and culture of science. It’s not just a lack of understanding, but a sense that science is an exclusive club that you're not invited to, or that it's a tool used by elites to control you. This alienation can lead to a rejection of scientific consensus, not because of a better theory, but because the whole enterprise feels foreign and untrustworthy.
Example: "His distrust of the CDC isn't based on data; it's a deep Scientific Alienation, a feeling that those labs have nothing to do with his real life."
by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026
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Resident alien number

What all immigrants, illegal or not, had in the us prior the Vietnam War in 1969.
Father: how do we control illegal immigration to the us?

Teenage son: I know! I know! Let's go go back to the resident alien number system

Father: brilliant idea
by Sexydimma March 18, 2026
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Naughty Alien

A Term used to describe Strange people, strange looking people or people doing strange things.
*You see a guy behind a dustbin drinking expired milk while singing Born this way by lady GaGa. "What a Naughty alien he is!!"
by LooseReam July 9, 2025
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Illegal Alien

Another word for illegal immigrants since they don’t have the right to be there so Alien-related laws/acts may be applied on then
Trump: “ Illegal aliens coming into our country under Biden are treated better than our vets.”
by A famous maid November 15, 2025
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Ivan Alien Stage

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by The_Alpha_Person November 23, 2025
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the aliens

the aliens are the aliens. (no but this is based off a true story down below)
one summer in 2024..
*me and friend talking*
Me: and then they come to space

Friend: like the aliens!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
*kid turns around*
Kid: wait..

Kid: t-t-t-the aliens?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!?????????????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
👁️👄👁️
*silence*
Me: uhh yeah?
Friend: ..
(and that was awkward)
(side note we were getting ice cream)
by school_chromebook_user January 9, 2026
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