Hard Problem of Delusion

Distinguishing a clinically pathological "fixed false belief" from a deeply held cultural, religious, or ideological conviction. The standard definition—a belief firmly held despite incontrovertible evidence to the contrary—could technically apply to a devout religious person (belief in an afterlife), a political ideologue, or even a scientist clinging to a paradigm before a revolution (like pre-Copernican astronomers). The line between delusion and non-delusion is often one of social consensus, not a purely objective psychiatric criterion. This makes "delusion" a slippery, culturally-loaded diagnosis.

Example: A man believes government agents are replacing his thoughts with beams from a satellite. This is diagnosed as paranoid delusion. A man believes an omnipotent, invisible being is listening to his thoughts and guiding his life through signs. This is often called faith. The hard problem: The cognitive mechanisms—strong belief resistant to counter-evidence, interpretation of events to fit the belief—may be similar. The differentiation rests on the content's alignment with a society's dominant reality, revealing delusion as partly a social status, not just a brain state. Hard Problem of Delusion.

by Dumuabzu January 25, 2026

shut your bubble gum dum delum ass the fuck up

when somebody says something extremely dumb and you can comprehend to say anything to answer them properly

brian said somthing dumb

me brain shut your bubble gum dum delum ass the fuck up

by noigargwrg September 29, 2021

High School Musical Tactical Puke Deluxe

When your friend gurgles a strong liquour in an attempt to impersonate a submarine but instead proceeds to puke into a bowl, the floor, and even the wall before reaching the bathroom.

All this while making a drinking game out of watching high school musical.

David: "Here look at this" *gargles whiskey*
Friend: "ew why would you do that?"
David: "Look I'm a submarine" *gargle gargle*
Friend: ...
David: *Projectile vomits all the way through the corridor to the bathroom*

"Last night David totally did a High School Musical Tactical Puke Deluxe"

by Mangokalsong October 15, 2022

The Narrator From The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe

Some damn brit that narrates a guy named Stanley who's employee 427 and probably drinks tea and says end is never the end or something

The Narrator From The Stanley Parable: Ultra Deluxe is a brit. And I HATE British people.

by captain ! January 25, 2024

Targeted Harassment that mirrors the delusions of reference

Is what I actually said, though, it doesn't even take that much to justify killing any of you.

Hym "But the targeted harassment that mirrors the delusions of reference that violates both harassment law and likely school bullying policies and sometimes stallking laws and/or violates the privacy act of 1974. But yes. I would gladly murder your kids over it and CLEARLY other people agree. AND! AND... We're winning the war on weaponized schizophrenia at a ratio of 10 to 1. So, yeah. Entirely avoidable child death. Caused deliberately by YouTube internet pundits whose lives need to end as quickly a humanly possible."

by Hym Iam February 18, 2025

The targeted harassment that resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated with schizophrenia is real

I know! I've been talking about it for years.

Hym "The targeted harassment that resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated with schizophrenia is real. Calling it out the way I did likely has something to do with the drop in the shootings. You might not like it but we all know from experience that once they start doing the weaponized schizophrenia not only do they not have to recognize your rights but also they won't stop until you murder some kids."

by Hym Iam November 19, 2025

No we do not ✌️✊️✌️✊️create✌️✊️✌️✊️ reality you delusional fuck

And do the extent that we do it's heavily localized and uses the physical components that already exist and the theories we generate regarding how those components interact.

Hym "No we do not ✌️✊️✌️✊️create✌️✊️✌️✊️ reality you delusional fuck. We affect reality and YOU make up stories that aren't real to distort reality but that isn't what you are insinuating when you say we create reality. What you insinuating is that we somehow generate the broader non-localized reality through some nonsense. And that's fucking stupid."

by Hym Iam January 27, 2026