Playing for the vibes

In the setting of a competitive (video)game, when you and/or your teammates are making plays that are considered beyond sub-optimal.

I have been facing down this absolute idiot, waving my arms at him like I'm guiding a plane into it's cockpit, and he STILL hasn't thrown me the fucking ball. I think he's actually Playing for the vibes.

Playing for the vibes by Yeashura February 15, 2026

Law of the Valid Ad Hoc

The principle that ad hoc constructions—explanations, arguments, solutions devised for a specific purpose—can be genuinely valid within their limited domain. The law is a defense of pragmatism against purism: not everything needs to be universal to be useful. A theory that explains one phenomenon, even if it fails elsewhere, is valid for that phenomenon. A solution that works once, even if not replicable, is valid for that once. The law of the valid ad hoc reminds us that validity is not all-or-nothing; it comes in degrees and contexts. The valid ad hoc is the workhorse of practical life, even if it doesn't make it into textbooks.

Example: "She jury-rigged a fix for her broken printer using tape and a paperclip. It worked exactly once, for exactly one document, then fell apart. The law of the valid ad hoc said: it was valid for that document, at that moment. It wasn't engineering; it was survival. Sometimes survival is enough."

Law of the Valid Ad Hoc by Dumu The Void February 17, 2026

Law of the Valid Fallacies

The principle that there exists a class of arguments that are technically fallacious by formal standards yet genuinely valid in practice—reasoning that works even though it breaks the rules. These "valid fallacies" include arguments that persuade reasonable people despite logical flaws, inferences that lead to true conclusions through invalid steps, and reasoning that succeeds where formal logic fails. The law of the valid fallacies acknowledges that human reasoning is richer than formal logic, and that sometimes the technically invalid is practically sound. It's the logic of "it shouldn't work, but it does," of the intuitive leaps that turn out right, of the arguments that convince because they're right even though they're wrong by the book.

Example: "Her argument was technically fallacious—circular reasoning, begging the question. But it was also true, and everyone knew it. The law of the valid fallacies said: sometimes the fallacy is valid. The circularity didn't make it false; it just made it formally invalid. Formal invalidity and practical truth can coexist."

Law of the Valid Fallacies by Dumu The Void February 17, 2026

DO IT FOR THE VINE

Verb: used to ask people to do diabolical things for the mobile hit application vine to be the next viral sensation of social media

A: yo i dont wanna each mayo with battery juice
D: DO IT FOR THE VINE
A: OKAY HOLD ON

DO IT FOR THE VINE by Yo why lowber November 5, 2025

peen in the veen

short for "penis in the vagina"

Parson 1: How does sex work
Person 2: Peen in the veen

peen in the veen by mystikspiralx January 4, 2026

Like omigosh like totally go back to the val-ley 

An expression used to denote someone who is acting lame at the moment. Something that a Southern California girl would say especially back in the 1980s. This was made popular by the Shirley the Loon character in the cartoon Tiny Toon Adventures.

Person #1- We should just have fun today.
Person #2- *smirks*...OK (whatever)....*smirks*
Person #1- Jaimie don't be like that.. Like omigosh like totally go back to the val-ley. Like that's totally lame.

Like omigosh like totally go back to the val-ley by TheSouthernOracle November 26, 2020

Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez Hernandez Is The Void Of Chultunus 

Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez Hernandez Is The Void Of Chultunus

Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez Hernandez Is The Void Of Chultunus

Manuel Eduardo Rodriguez Hernandez Is The Void Of Chultunus by Angel234IsTheDarkSeraphim March 25, 2025