Postmodernism Scaremongering

The strategic use of exaggerated threats about postmodernism to justify intellectual orthodoxy, dismiss critique, and shut down legitimate inquiry. Postmodernism scaremongering treats any questioning of grand narratives, any attention to language and power, any skepticism about universal truth claims as the first step toward nihilism, barbarism, and the destruction of civilization itself. It's the op-ed warning that teaching Derrida will lead to fascism; the pundit who blames every social ill on "postmodern relativism"; the academic who uses "postmodernism" as a slur to dismiss any approach they don't like without engaging its actual arguments. The scaremongering serves power by making critique itself seem dangerous—painting those who question foundations as enemies of reason, when they might just be asking reasonable questions about whose reason counts.

Example: "He blamed postmodernism for everything from political polarization to declining test scores—never defining what he meant, just using it as a bogeyman. Pure Postmodernism Scaremongering: fighting shadows instead of arguments."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Relativism Scaremongering

The strategic use of exaggerated threats about relativism to justify absolute claims, dismiss alternative perspectives, and shut down questions about whose truth counts. Relativism scaremongering treats any suggestion that truth might be contextual, any acknowledgment that different cultures have different ways of knowing, any skepticism about universal standards as the first step toward moral chaos, political collapse, and the end of civilization. It's the pundit who warns that acknowledging cultural differences leads to approving genocide; the philosopher who treats any contextualism as a slippery slope to nihilism; the polemicist who uses "relativist" as a slur to dismiss anyone who questions their absolutes. The scaremongering makes critique unthinkable by making it seem monstrous—painting those who ask "whose truth?" as enemies of truth itself.

Example: "She suggested that maybe different cultures have different valid ways of knowing—and he accused her of endorsing Holocaust denial. Relativism Scaremongering: using the worst possible outcome to dismiss any nuance at all."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

The Scarecrow Theory

The idea that one of your friends are so chopped that good looking girls run away in terror, but they can pull because they don’t have a scarecrow.

“John is so chopped I can’t pull in English class, but he already has a girlfriend. He’s an example of the scarecrow theory.”

by Twigsteroonie September 3, 2025

The Scarecrow Theory

The idea that you can't pull because the people around you are chopped, NOT you.

I can't seem to find a girlfriend because John is low-key scaring the huzz away. This is known as the Scarecrow Theory

by gyatttoseethatgoose8147 September 9, 2025

Oh no I'm scared

Feeling like a funny but unsuspected think is about to happen

Someone: 'grabs a knife'

Other: "oh no I'm scared"

Other: 'dies'

by Dr i check for pussy disorders August 20, 2018

ur way scared

too pussy.

Person 1: I dare you to kill yourself.
Person 2: no way i'm going to do that!
Person 1: lol gg ur way scared.

by urwayscared November 15, 2018

Open Season: scared silly (2015 horror movie)

A movie so terrifying that I had to lock my children in my basement and lock all 7,823,034 door and window locks and hide for nearly half of a decade, This is my return note and I am hoping I never have to experience the terrifying film known as Open season: scared silly

Guy 1: Dude, did you see Open Season: scared silly (2015 horror movie)?
Guy 2: *has Vietnam flashbacks*

Guy 1: You good bro?
Guy 2: *shakes away flashbacks* *throws up**has seizure*
Spongebob Narrator: 2 weeks later
Guy 2: never speak of that again!

by breathtaker_clayman February 5, 2020