Mason Parkinson

A funny sonic news youtuber who is funny asf and always yells "SUBSCRIBE IF YOU LIKE SONIC" at the end of his videos.

Person 1: Yo watch mason parkinson he's funny
Person 2: ok

by Mason Parkinson #1 fan December 18, 2024

Defunct Pachinko Parlor

A defunct pachinko parlor is a former gambling establishment that no longer operates, where people once played a Japanese game resembling a pinball machine with automatic payoff.

"The sign on the defunct pachinko parlor proclaims 21ST CENTURY, but the style—kanji in neon outlined in individual light bulbs?"
- Infomocracy (Malka Older)

by bookworm.2.0 January 12, 2025

Defunct Pachinko Parlor

A former gambling establishment that no longer operates, where people once played a Japanese game resembling a pinball machine with automatic payoff.

"The sign on the defunct pachinko parlor proclaims 21ST CENTURY, but the style—kanji in neon outlined in individual light bulbs?"

- Infomocracy (Malka Older)

by bookworm.2.0 January 12, 2025

Easy pickins

Someone easy to pick on or dominate common in residents of tacumshion

Bonnie Burke is easy pickins lad trust

by Cobra Tate January 31, 2025

Hasty Picking

Selectively choosing only the earliest, most immediate, or most convenient data points to support a claim, while ignoring the broader timeline or later-developing information. It’s the fallacy of drawing a conclusion from a sample that is not only too small, but also prematurely snatched. The hasty picker is the person who declares a movie a masterpiece after the first trailer or a policy a failure after its first week.

Example: "He engaged in hasty picking about the new manager, citing her awkward first meeting as proof she'd be a disaster. He ignored the next six months where she turned the department around, because his initial 'data point' was already cemented as his truth."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Sweeping Picking

The act of cherry-picking evidence from across a wide range of sources, but only selecting those singular examples that appear to support a broad, universal conclusion, thereby creating the illusion of comprehensive research. It’s a scatter-shot form of confirmation bias that uses geographic or categorical breadth to disguise its selective depth.

Example: "Her case for 'global cultural decline' was built on sweeping picking: one rude tourist in Paris, a viral video of a fight in Bangkok, and a canceled art show in New York. She'd swept the globe for anecdotes, carefully picking only the ones that fit her pre-written thesis of doom."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

General Picking

The standard form of cherry-picking: selectively choosing data or examples that support a general claim while ignoring a significant portion of relevant, contrary data. It’s the most common method of constructing a misleading yet seemingly reasonable argument, where the selected evidence is truthful but the resulting picture is false because it’s incomplete.

Example: "The ad used general picking to sell the supplement: 'Studies show increased vitality!' It picked the two small, company-funded studies with positive results and ignored the fifty independent studies showing no effect beyond a placebo. The general claim was built on a specially picked foundation."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026