Pansexual (abscess addiction based stimulant)

What I call homo-sapiens who are addicted to abscesses.

Person 1: Are you addicted to abscesses?
Person 2: Yes.
Person 1: Pansexual (abscess addiction based stimulant)

by LeSouffleDeVersailles January 21, 2025

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Less than Basic

Used to describe someone you once adored before they broke your heart. Was the GOAT, but not so different or special after all.

"I was so in love with Kyle he was my hero, but ever since he moved on, he seems Less than Basic."

by Clue 22 January 23, 2026

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Kardashev Type -1.0 Basic Civilizations

A hypothetical sub-type representing a civilization that harnesses energy on a scale smaller than its home planet, perhaps confined to a single region or ecosystem. This could describe a pre-industrial human culture, an intelligent species just mastering agriculture, or a society recovering from a planetary catastrophe that knocked it back from a higher type. Their energy signature would be virtually undetectable across interstellar distances.

Kardashev Type -1.0 Basic Civilizations *Example: Medieval Europe, the ancient Roman Empire, or a newly sentient alien species living in the canopy of a single vast bio-tree, drawing energy only from local food chains and primitive fuels, would be classified as a Type -1.0 civilization. Their horizon is their valley, not their world.*

by Abzugal February 3, 2026

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Philosophy of Evidence-Based Orthodoxy

A branch of philosophy that examines the nature, justification, and implications of evidence-based orthodoxy—asking philosophical questions about the foundations of evidence-based approaches themselves. The philosophy of evidence-based orthodoxy investigates the epistemological status of evidentiary hierarchies: Are RCTs really always the best evidence? How do we know that systematic reviews are reliable? What counts as evidence for the evidence hierarchy itself? It also examines the values embedded in evidence-based approaches: Whose evidence counts? What kinds of knowledge are excluded? How do evidentiary standards serve institutional interests? The philosophy of evidence-based orthodoxy is essential for evidence-based practice to be self-aware rather than merely assumed, for practitioners to understand the philosophical foundations of their methods rather than treating them as self-evident.

Example: "His philosophy of evidence-based orthodoxy work asked whether the evidence hierarchy can justify itself—or whether it's a matter of faith that RCTs are best, since the claim itself hasn't been tested by RCT. Evidence-based practice may rest on foundations it can't examine with its own tools."

by Abzugal March 16, 2026

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Sociology of Evidence-Based Orthodoxy

A branch of sociology that examines how evidence-based orthodoxies are socially constructed, maintained, and challenged within professional communities. The sociology of evidence-based orthodoxy investigates how evidentiary hierarchies become institutionalized through training, how they're maintained through professional standards and funding priorities, how alternative approaches (qualitative research, community knowledge, practitioner experience) are marginalized, and how the orthodoxy responds to challenges from those who question its hierarchy. It also examines the role of evidence-based orthodoxy in professional boundary-work—distinguishing "real" professionals from "quacks," "scientific" practice from "anecdotal" approaches, "legitimate" knowledge from "mere" experience. The sociology of evidence-based orthodoxy reveals that evidentiary hierarchies aren't just about epistemology; they're also about professional power, institutional authority, and the social construction of expertise.

Example: "Her sociology of evidence-based orthodoxy research showed how the hierarchy of evidence serves professional interests—elevating researchers over practitioners, quantitative over qualitative expertise, academic knowledge over community wisdom. The hierarchy isn't just about truth; it's about who gets to say what counts."

by Abzugal March 16, 2026

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