battleship dilemma

The problem of seeing what the other player is doing while playing a video game.

"You're going to run on this play, so I'm going to blitz."
"Crikey what a battleship dilemma!"

by BlueTempest1986 January 16, 2017

The Butter Dilemma

The issue when you butter one piece of toast and the butter melts but when you proceed to the second piece it has cooled leaving you with a brick of butter

Tommy was sad due to the butter dilemma, now this will haunt him all day

by Switch Mane September 21, 2020

Limbaugh Dilemma

A Limbaugh Dilemma is the term referring to whether or not you should ask for a really expensive item and risk looking like an ass, or hope that you get offered a moderately expensive prize, but risk getting offered nothing at the same time.

On the Rush Limbaugh show, a caller asked for a MacBook, only to be told that he was going to be offered an iPad had he not said anything. This establishes the basis for the scientific term known as the "Limbaugh Dilemma."

by MacBookGuy May 2, 2012

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by IPromiseToDoWhatIPromised May 27, 2025

Holder’s Dilemma

A renowned philosophical thought exercise. A man finds himself with in a situation in which he is two inches inside his mother, and his father is two inches inside of him. Do you go forward or backward?

We traumatized out uber driver by discussing the philosophical merits of Holder’s Dilemma, and how Aristotle himself was quoted as saying, “fuck dude I don’t know, the hell is wrong with you?”.

by the_real_jack_holder June 7, 2025

romantic disclosure dilemma

aka. R.D.D. When an individual has a romantic crush on somebody, but does not know how to tell them how they feel about them. It often happens to people who have never asked someone out and has not been in a romantic relationship previously.

Alan: Hey Dima. What is the matter? You have not been yourself all day.

Dima: I have a romantic disclosure dilemma. I've had a crush on Kailani for months now and I want to ask her out before the semester is over, but I have no idea how to tell her how I feel about her.
Alan: You should go on Wikihow and look it up. They usually provide good advice on how to do stuff like that.
Dima: Thanks for the help. I'll try that.

by Vanguard 1998 February 27, 2021

deadline dilemma

The phenomenon where developers are urged to fulfill the deadline in gaming development, whilst at the same time still being unable to intuitively figure out the fastest way to finish making the game

With the launch date just weeks away, the developer team fell into a deadline dilemma, racing against the clock but still unsure how to tackle the remaining features.

by Emotional Cruiser October 12, 2025