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Post hoc rationalization

Don't care bitch you don't hage a right to do it EITHER WAY you fucking mongrel. You need to take your own advice and humble yourselves OR get your kids murdered more frequently until you learn to stop infesting people's lives like the cockroaches you are.
Hym "You're trying this as post hoc rationalization and it isn't going to work. 1 or 0 fuck-face. Choose."
by Hym Iam June 6, 2024
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Fault-to-Ratio Fallacy

Fault-to-Ratio Fallacy
A phrase created by John R. Williams III in early 2024.

The fault-to-ratio fallacy refers to the mistaken reasoning where someone dismisses an individual’s entire set of beliefs or arguments simply because they hold one or a few demonstrably false or flawed views. This fallacy ignores the "ratio" of truths to faults, assuming that one error invalidates all other ideas or arguments, even if some of them are inherently correct or well-founded.
Example:
Person A: "I believe the Earth is flat, but I also believe that 2+2=4."
Person B: "Since you believe the Earth is flat, everything you say must be wrong."

Here, Person B commits the fault-to-ratio fallacy by rejecting Person A’s correct belief (2+2=4) because of their incorrect belief about the shape of the Earth. Instead of evaluating each idea on its own merit, they discredit all ideas based on one fault
by TheMightyRaccoon December 27, 2024
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Keep the ratio

Or “keeping the ratio” is used by frat guys and college bouncers who want to keep the ratio of men and women at the party at a certain amount
A frat guy manning the door at a party rejects a guy but lets in a girl who wants to enter the party.
“Hey man, we gotta keep the ratio. You ain’t coming in.”
by BIGBALLER4206942069 January 18, 2025
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Tit to arm ratio

A phrase referring to the proportional relationship between a woman’s breast size and her arms or hands. It’s considered a "nice tit-to-arm ratio" when her breasts are slightly larger than her arms, creating a balanced yet noticeable contrast. The expression gained prominence on Reddit following its use by user "dog-on-meth" in reference to the popular streamer "susu jpg."
I mean look at her tit to arm ratio, i would totally travel for that
by radiosmoke February 23, 2025
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Post hoc rationalization

Funny how it isn't good enough when it comes to the rape-porn...
Hym "But you will take any post hoc rationalization to justify a years long surveillance and harassment campaign that resembles the delusions of reference commonly associated with schizophrenia. And that's all this is. 'Rage-baiting' until you can generate some post hoc rationalization for what you wanted to do from the get-go which was 'ruin somebody's life.' And it can't be allowed to happen. It doesn't matter what I said about your kids or what I said about your religion or rape because when someone does it to your pastor and he goes to a costume warehouse and then takes a trip down to your local senator's house... SOMEONE is going to wish someone would have pulled the lever to the trolly at some point down the antecedent chain. But you are trying to condemn people into living a ruined life by democratic fiat or arbitrary whim. And as you can see from the gif below... You are not doing what you need to do to contain the pandemic. And no me threatening your kids does not make you more rational than you actually are which is 'not at all.' So the does need to end the weaponization. FOR ME. AND NOW. They need to do their job and play ref because the score is still X-0 and it's not even a game."
by Hym Iam July 23, 2025
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Hard Problem of Rationality

The paradox that the tool we use to evaluate truth—rationality—cannot be justified using purely rational means without circular reasoning. Why should we be rational? Because it's effective? That's a pragmatic, not rational, argument. Rationality rests on axioms (like "the world is consistent") that must be assumed, not proven. The hard problem is that rationality is the judge, jury, and executioner of thought, but it can't put itself on trial without presupposing its own validity.
Example: "He tried to use pure rationality to convince his friend to be rational. 'You should value logic because... it's logical?' He hit the hard problem of rationality: the foundation of reason isn't a brick; it's a turtle floating in mid-air, and asking 'why?' just makes it fall."
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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Self-Serving Rationality

The performance of being coldly, dispassionately rational in situations where that rationality conveniently aligns with your desires, while abandoning that rigor in situations where it doesn't. You'll do a complex cost-benefit analysis to prove why you should buy the new gadget, but will use a gut feeling to dismiss the same analysis when it suggests you should apologize to a friend you wronged.
Example: "Her self-serving rationality was transparent: she spent three hours comparing CPU benchmarks to justify the expensive laptop she wanted for gaming ('It's the rational choice for long-term value!'). Yet, when her partner suggested comparing grocery prices to save money, it was suddenly 'an exhausting over-optimization of life.' Rationality was her servant, not her master."
by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
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