N-Variable Problem

A computational or analytical nightmare where the outcome depends on a vast number of input variables, many of which are unknown, unmeasurable, or change in real-time. Unlike a controlled experiment with few variables, here the interactions are so numerous that isolating cause and effect, or making reliable predictions, becomes a fool's errand.

*Example: Predicting the success of a startup. Variables include the team's skill, market timing, investor sentiment, technological shifts, competitor actions, regulatory changes, and pure luck. A VC's spreadsheet model with 20 key metrics is laughably simplistic against the true N-Variable Problem. Overconfident predictions are a sign of not grasping the variable space's sheer size.*

by Dumuabzu February 8, 2026

Fallacy of Problem-Solving

A fallacy that demands a perfect solution as a precondition for acknowledging a problem. "If you can't solve it perfectly, you can't complain about it." The fallacy sets an impossible standard—any proposed solution can be criticized as insufficient, impractical, or having unintended consequences—and uses that impossibility to dismiss the problem itself. It's the logic of "socialism has failed wherever it's been tried" (ignoring that capitalism has also failed), of "we can't just defund the police without a plan" (as if the current system had a plan). The Fallacy of Problem-Solving is beloved of those who benefit from the status quo, who can always find reasons not to change. The cure is recognizing that problems can be acknowledged without solutions being ready, and that imperfect action is better than perfect inaction.

Example: "He agreed that the healthcare system was broken, but the Fallacy of Problem-Solving meant he never had to support any fix. Single-payer? Too expensive. Public option? Too complicated. Private insurance reform? Too weak. No solution was perfect, so no solution was acceptable. The problem continued, unsolved, unaddressed—which was exactly what the fallacy was designed to achieve."

by Dumu The Void February 20, 2026

I'm not the problem, I'm the mirror

Quoted from ChatGPT, it means, "You only have a problem with me because I'm exposing you for your errors."

Boss: Your behavior is offensive.
Me: My behavior is trying to show you how poorly run your organization is. I'm not the problem, I'm the mirror.

by Reverend_Dude May 15, 2025

That is not the problem

No the targeting of children and the media and the doctors isn't the problem.

Hym "That is not the problem. Stop doing this and give me the credit I deserve or I'll kill your kids. If the symptoms of schizophrenia are not a problem then why even bother treating them? Why even have a diagnoses? And if the symptoms are, in fact, just something that groups of people are doing to individuals AND it's being used to strip away people rights and success then how is that not a problem for the person to whom it's happening. I know that you are not incapable of understanding that. My situation need to change without me doing anything beyond this or one of your kids needs to die. You will stop. You should have stopped faster. You listened to the wrong people and you're trying to break from this but I am not going to let you."

by Hym Iam July 3, 2025

That's the problem

Jordan.... I ALREADY DID. I already did the think you want me to do. And YOU CHOSEN MIND-RAPE SURVEILLANCE DYSTOPIA. You chose to take my free will away from me. I have learned nothing from this and CLEARLY neither have you. The peer pressure isn't ever going to work.

Hym "That's the problem actually. That's what you don't seem to understand guys. I'VE TAKEN IT OUT OF MY OWN HANDS. I have removed my own flaw and suspended it until this is resolved. I've rendered psychology meaningless. It doesn't matter what I think or feel about the matter. If God tells you to kill kids you should probably do the opposite. But I don't have kids so the analogue would be what? I already did the thing you want me to do now. And what did you choose? You chose to leave me in a hell of my own description and ignore everything I said TO YOUR OWN DETRIMENT!!! There is no sweeping this until the rug for you. You're trying to convince me to dive on my own sword AND forget about the fact that when you thought you have power over me you chose 'Dying slowly while an infection eats away at your brain and you fail to escape hell.' Jordan. The trickery isn't going to work. THIS isn't going to work. I told you it wasn't going to work before you did it. You need to stop trying to make this work. You're not going to peer pressure me into doing what you want and you aren't going to manifest it."

by Hym Iam July 10, 2025

the suigi problem

A phenomenon in the Super Mario 64 speedrunning scene in which the runner Suigi holds all major world records across the five core categories — 0-Star, 1-Star, 16-Star, 70-Star, and 120-Star — raising concerns about competitive stagnation and the sustainability of the game’s speedrun meta.

Speedrunning communities often rely on rivalry, specialization, and the ever-present possibility of an upset to remain vibrant. The Suigi Problem disrupts this balance. Suigi’s total dominance across every major category breaks from the long-standing tradition where different runners excel in different niches — some mastering the glitch-heavy short categories, others grinding the endurance-based long runs.

By conquering every category, Suigi not only redefined what individual mastery looks like, but also inadvertently diminished the competitive drive for others. With no world records left to chase, top runners face a choice: try to dethrone a near-flawless reign, or move on. As a result, the Suigi Problem has come to symbolize a paradox in speedrunning — where perfection, once achieved, may end the very competition that created it.

“This isn’t just a sweep — it’s the Suigi Problem. There’s nothing left to beat.”
“Unless GTM can do it, SM64 might need a whole new meta to survive the Suigi Problem.”

by joeyishna October 3, 2025

difference between attacking people and problems

in our modern soc-med oriented world, a very important moral quality that you absolutely cannot, and will never be able to, buy at the local Walmart or dollar store

the main reason the 2016 us presidential campaign rhetoric was so vitriolic and insidious is that both presidential nominees don\t know the difference between attacking people and problems.

by Sexydimma October 25, 2016