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

Argumentum Ad Probationem

The classic "you are proving my point" fallacy—a form of Argumentum Ad Te where the responder claims that the opponent's response, tone, or very engagement demonstrates the truth of the original position. "You're proving my point by getting angry." "Your response proves exactly what I was saying." The move turns any engagement into evidence against you: if you respond emotionally, you're proving their point about emotionalism; if you respond calmly, you're proving their point about detachment; if you don't respond, you're proving their point about avoidance. It's a rhetorical trap with no exit—any response is reframed as confirmation. The fallacy lies in treating engagement as evidence, rather than addressing what's actually said.

Argumentum Ad Probationem "I calmly explained why I disagreed. Response: 'See? You're proving my point by being so defensive.' That's Argumentum Ad Probationem—using my engagement as evidence, not addressing my arguments. Defensive? I was calm. But even if I were defensive, that doesn't address my points. It's a trap: any response proves them right."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

Königsberg Bridge Problem

The Königsberg Bridge Problem is a historical puzzle asking if it's possible to walk through the city of Königsberg, crossing each of its seven bridges exactly once. Leonhard Euler proved it's impossible because there were more than two landmasses connected by an odd number of bridges, a key insight that laid the foundation for graph theory.

Graph Theory People: I love the Königsberg Bridge Problem.

by jorgis_01 March 19, 2025

FIPS ( Fart Intolerance Problem Syndrome )

Uncontrollable and involuntary farting. Cannot be controlled.

Antoine has FIPS ( Fart Intolerance Problem Syndrome ), He's fipped up.

by Moignon April 25, 2025

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