Epistemological Laziness Bias

A pervasive cognitive and metacognitive bias on the internet and social media, characterized by the lazy demand for proof, evidence, or sources from others while making no effort to conduct even a simple internet search oneself. The epistemologically lazy person expects others to do their research for them, treating every claim as suspect until someone else provides documentation—yet never applying the same standard to their own beliefs. This bias complements Objectivity Bias perfectly: the lazy debater believes their own worldview is simply "objective reality" while demanding endless evidence for any view that differs. On YouTube comments, Discord servers, Reddit threads, and X/Twitter, they appear constantly: "Source?" "Proof?" "Cite?"—asked not in good faith but as a conversation-stopping weapon, a way of shifting labor onto others while performing skepticism. The irony is that they could answer their own question with thirty seconds of searching, but that would require effort, and effort is exactly what epistemological laziness avoids. It's a form of Butler Bias (demanding others do your work) specialized for online debate—a way of feeling rational while being merely lazy.

Example: "He demanded peer-reviewed sources for her claim about a basic historical fact—something he could have verified in seconds. Epistemological Laziness Bias: using the language of evidence to avoid the work of actually finding it."

by Dumu The Void March 19, 2026

Projection of Bias

A cognitive bias where one projects the accusation of bias onto others while remaining blind to one's own biases—assuming that bias is something others have, not something that affects everyone. Projection of bias operates when someone says "you're biased" as a conversation-stopper, never acknowledging their own situatedness; when they analyze everyone else's motivations while assuming their own are transparent; when they treat bias as a flaw that only opponents possess. The projection lies in the blindness to self—the assumption that one occupies a privileged position outside the fray, that one's own perceptions are clear while others' are distorted. It's the meta-bias: the bias of thinking oneself unbiased.

Example: "He could list every bias his opponents had but had never examined his own assumptions—projection of bias, treating bias as something others have while remaining invisible to himself."

by Dumu The Void March 19, 2026

Mr Two Bites

This phrase is used to describe a legend who prove the doubters wrong.

‘You cant eat a pizza in two bites!!!’ Says jake (lower case cuz he wrong ). ‘ Slap me a million times if im wrong.’ -Mr Two Bites ‘dam u really are mr two bites’ EVERYONE

by Mr Two Bites March 16, 2025

K-pop bias

In K-pop fandoms, a bias is your favorite member in a group—the one you’re most devoted to

My K-pop bias is Cha Eun-woo from ASTRO!!!

by I stan stray kids December 18, 2025

suck(s) and is/are bias

A phrase used to describe something that sucks.

Your park sucks and is bias.

by dj gs68 October 7, 2003

Beware of the Hand (That Bites)

"Beware of the hand (that bites)" is the opposite of "Don't bite the hand that feeds you." It means to be wary of some people, especially those who can make a situation worse. Tony John coined this phrase.

Person 1: should we involve him? he might make matters worse.

Person 2: Beware of the hand (that bites).

by Tony John April 30, 2023

The antifurry fandom genesis [NON-BIASED, ok?]

The earliest recorded antifurry is hopingbutton , channel first creation is 2011 in his description . He owns the largest antifurry server IN THE WORLD and incredibly popular , even big antifurry youtubers like haloguy7 and other indie ones there are more incredibly small always uploading AF channels than the number of furry subscribers and youtubers they are is which is funny all link him in descriptions hopingbutton isnt even too popular with new AF's .He started doing videos about yiff and other terrible shit, getting himself a reputation and igniting a small community that made a huge meme called Furries VS gamers in 2019/2017 i think.

Furries are much older of a concept than antifurries and recently the community has been struggling to even get people as furries still expand with the BURST of former antifurries after the meme .

cant say why this beef happen's bc i wanna be unbiased

random fucker: hey did you see The antifurry fandom genesis NON-BIASED, ok? definition or something?
random mewing guy: you TOTALLY didnt say that to try to get this definiton approved by urban moderators bc you have to include the word in the sentence

furry: hi guys

fucker 8: hell nah bro you kinda weirld blud

by dankest meme guy but honest January 31, 2024