trivial

used in mathematics for proofs that are considered easy after understanding them

student: i don't understand how this is obvious.
prof: hmm let me get back to you tomorrow, i don't remember how to prove it right now.

1 week later:
student: about that proof...
prof: ah yes, i just finished reading the proof but don't worry. it is indeed trivial.

by x in A May 26, 2024

trivial

used in mathematics for proofs that are considered easy after understanding them

student: i don't understand how this is obvious.
prof: hmm let me get back to you tomorrow, i don't remember how to prove it right now.

1 week later:
student: about that proof...
prof: ah yes, i just finished reading the proof but don't worry. it is indeed trivial.

by x in A May 26, 2024

Thivya

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by Onions&ThivyaAdmirer March 20, 2025

Trivialization against the Victims of Capitalism

The rhetorical minimization of capitalist harm, treating systemic failures as minor, isolated, or even humorous. It reduces profound suffering to anecdotes about “avocado toast” budgets, frames exploitation as “hustle culture,” or mocks demands for change as the whining of a “snowflake” generation.

Trivialization against the Victims of Capitalism Example: A meme showing a homeless person with a smartphone captioned, “Priorities.” This trivialization reduces the complex crisis of housing and mental health to a single, misleading image, suggesting poverty is a choice of frivolous spending rather than a systemic trap.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026

Trivialization against the Victims of Western Colonialism and Imperialism

The treatment of colonialism’s legacy as a niche academic grievance, a political correctness fad, or a matter of simple statues and vocabulary. It reduces centuries of structural violence to a debate about “offense” or “changing names,” mocking demands for reparations or accountability as oversensitive.

Trivialization against the Victims of Western Colonialism and Imperialism Example: Calling for a museum to return looted artifacts and being told, “Get over it, it’s ancient history. Should we give back the Roman roads too?” This trivialization equates millennia-old infrastructure with recent, culturally sacred plunder, reducing a moral claim to a silly reductio ad absurdum.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026

Trivialization against the Victims of Liberalism

Portraying the negative consequences of liberal policies as minor inconveniences or as the hysterical complaints of groups seeking “special treatment.” It mocks demands for substantive equality as a desire for “coddling” or a refusal to engage in the “free marketplace of ideas.”

Trivialization against the Victims of Liberalism Example: Dismissing calls for robust anti-discrimination laws with, “So now we need a ‘safe space’ from every mean comment? Grow a thicker skin.” This trivialization reduces the material and psychological impact of discrimination to mere hurt feelings, framing the liberal norm of resilience as the only valid response.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026

Trivialization against the Victims of Neoliberalism

Mocking or belittling the human cost of neoliberal policies as the complaints of the “uncompetitive,” the “resistant to change,” or those who “can’t keep up.” It portrays the gig economy, student debt, and housing insecurity as lifestyle choices or youthful struggles, not structural traps.

Trivialization against the Victims of Neoliberalism Example: Calling millennials struggling with debt and rent “the avocado latte generation,” suggesting their precarity is a result of frivolous spending, not stagnant wages and asset inflation. This trivialization turns a systemic economic condition into a moral failing and a punchline.

by Abzugal February 8, 2026