Evidence-Saturation Delay

The cognitive phenomenon where the presentation of overwhelming evidence actually slows down decision-making and judgment rather than accelerating it. When faced with too much evidence, the mind freezes—unable to process, prioritize, or conclude. This delay is paradoxical: more information should lead to faster, better decisions, but beyond a certain point, it leads to paralysis. Evidence-saturation delay is why juries can deadlock after weeks of testimony, why consumers can't choose among 50 similar products, and why debates about complex issues never end despite mountains of data. The cure is not more evidence but better filtering, which is why experts are valuable: they know what to ignore. The rest of us just drown.

Example: "She spent three weeks researching which laptop to buy, reading reviews, comparing specs, watching videos. Evidence-saturation delay had struck: the more she learned, the less she could decide. She finally bought the one her friend recommended, which she could have done in five minutes. The evidence hadn't helped; it had paralyzed."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 17, 2026

The Marajuana Ten Second Brain Delay

The delay that comes from being way too high. The reason you laugh after everyone else has gotten a joke, fail to grab a railing in time, raise your hands after you've been punched and redirect your aim only after you've peed on the floor.

(end of joke)...to get to the other side!

(crowd laughs)
(you look blankly at the teller)
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
wait
(you laugh, everyone else has stopped)
"Noooooo waaaaaay....the OTHER SIDE....HAHAHAHAHAH!"
Hence, The Marajuana Ten Second Brain Delay

by The Real IX April 20, 2010

Harass, Cause Unnecessary Delay, or Increase The Cost of Litigation

I don't see how this isn't intended to do explicitly that.

Hym "I mean, if the lawyers need to sign as a guarantee that the filing isn't being used to Harass, Cause Unnecessary Delay, or Increase The Cost of Litigation then why am I being harassed? Why is me getting paid being unnecessarily delayed? And I don't really care about the cost of litigation but I did have to sit here with fluid in my brain for months. It's still there! Less now. I don't feel like my cognition is impaired as much. But I can still hear it slamming against the back of my ear drum... So, you're saying they can't do it but they're doing it. Exactly what this is intended to do. Harass, Cause Unnecessary Delay, or Increase The Cost of Litigation. And avoid having to bring me my money."

by Hym Iam June 26, 2025

degayed

When an individual believing they are a homosexual has intercourse with the opposite sex and realizes they are in fact straight.

Queenskank believed themself to be a homosexual but was degayed by a close friend of the opposite sex.

by jpg3 October 28, 2011

truth decay

What a person has when they feel that not only don't they have to tell the truth, but that the truth doesn't even matter.

My ex is such a fibber. Every time she opens her mouth there is a strong odor of truth decay!

by talk2me-JCH2 December 20, 2020

Tired, Through and Delayed

A phrase made by rapper Khia. Directed at the way someone looks or made to look. Otherwise meaning someone is old news or irrelevant.

I dont know why this boyband is coming out with a new disc, they are tired, through and delayed.

by mrmrss November 5, 2011

degay

300 lb. man living in parents house, doesn't know the basics of Windows OS.

That guy over there is degay, it is very sad

by rip2 December 8, 2018