Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity

A bias where an individual declares their own perspective to be objective while dismissing all others as biased—without any justification for why their perspective deserves the "objective" label. The bias is arbitrary because the criteria for objectivity shift to always favor the biased party: what's "objective" is whatever they believe, whatever their side says, whatever serves their interests. This bias is the foundation of punditry, of editorializing, of the confident assertion that "I'm not political, I just believe in common sense" (where common sense means my opinions). The Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity allows its holder to feel rational while being utterly unreflective, to claim neutrality while being deeply partisan. It's the bias that denies it's a bias, which is what makes it so effective and so dangerous.

Example: "He introduced himself as 'just giving the facts, no bias.' Then he spent an hour presenting one side of every issue, dismissing opposing views as 'ideological.' The Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity meant he never had to examine his own assumptions—they weren't assumptions, they were just 'reality.' When challenged, he didn't defend his views; he defended his right to be the arbiter of what counts as objective. The bias was invisible to him, which is how it worked."

by Dumu The Void February 20, 2026

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Take You to Arby's

Take You to Arby's (verb) - A request from a female to have cunninlingus performed on her, as the terminology relates to the bun being a euphemism for the outer labia, whereas the roast beef is synonymous with the inner labia.

Take You to Arby's: (verb) - "I know you be hungry so Imma take you Take You to Arby's!" - Take You to Arby's...Arby's, girl!

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Self-righteous and Arbitrary

Ohohoh! And that is why they are exempt! So if the politicians try to flee to Japan, do me a favor and shoot their planes out of the sky for me will you?

Hym "Self-righteous and arbitrary is right! They are trying to interfere with my challenge to God but they don't want to have to wait until after I kill it so they have created this fiction where if they can get me to do something I somehow lose a game I'm not playing and they CAN'T DO MORE THAN CREATE AI so they can't win the game that I'm playing... So I just have to sit here and wait for them to kill themselves. Which is kind of a bummer but also kind of funny."

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when your so bored you wonder how you spell each letter of the alphabet.

"hmm I wonder how to say each letter in the alphabet"
"I know

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Bradford, AR

1. A place where only 800 people live.

2. A place where there are only 40 kids in each graduating class.

3. A place where 90% of the residents are on drugs.

Paul: Where do you live?
Rick: In Bradford, AR.
Paul: Oh, so you do drugs?

by pseudonym?jk November 22, 2011

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