(noun)
A person who responds to every statement, joke, or piece of sarcasm with a factual correction or random piece of information, often derailing the conversation into a mini lesson.
Alternate definition:
Someone whose superpower is turning every debate into a TED Talk.
A person who responds to every statement, joke, or piece of sarcasm with a factual correction or random piece of information, often derailing the conversation into a mini lesson.
Alternate definition:
Someone whose superpower is turning every debate into a TED Talk.
Example:
Me: “Water isn’t even wet.”
Jacob: “Actually, water is wet because the molecules adhere to each other—”
Me: “Okay, factoid, relax.”
Me: “Water isn’t even wet.”
Jacob: “Actually, water is wet because the molecules adhere to each other—”
Me: “Okay, factoid, relax.”
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The obsessive use of obscure or misleading facts, often historical, to prop up an ideology with a smug attitude of revealing ‘secret’ knowledge, ignoring broader context and fueled by mistrust in official narratives.
Citing the USS Liberty as proof of a conspiracy while ignoring friendly fire stats is peak factoid fetishism.
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One common fictoid is the idea that people need to drink 8 glasses of water a day to be healthy. There's no sound basis for this recommendation, but it is quoted and given as advice frequently.
Recently (as of new years 2009), one of the big news stories has been the collapse of a fraudulent investment fund run by Bernard Madoff, which turned out to be a ponzi scheme. Although it takes months to go through the records to figure out how much money was involved, an initial estimate was that "up to $50 billion dollars may have been lost". Despite the fact that this was an initial best guess rather than the result of actual auditing, and despite the fact that even a clear definition of "money lost" in this case is vague, this $50 billion estimate has become a fictoid, and is being repeated in the press. Plenty of people believe that it is well accepted that $50 billion is the amount of money that was lost in this fraudulent scheme.
Recently (as of new years 2009), one of the big news stories has been the collapse of a fraudulent investment fund run by Bernard Madoff, which turned out to be a ponzi scheme. Although it takes months to go through the records to figure out how much money was involved, an initial estimate was that "up to $50 billion dollars may have been lost". Despite the fact that this was an initial best guess rather than the result of actual auditing, and despite the fact that even a clear definition of "money lost" in this case is vague, this $50 billion estimate has become a fictoid, and is being repeated in the press. Plenty of people believe that it is well accepted that $50 billion is the amount of money that was lost in this fraudulent scheme.
by my name is Cos January 11, 2009
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