the blind factory

A bunch of drunk people, comes from the slang word "blind" meaning drunk

Person 1: Can't wait to go to the bar
Person 2: Yeah, it's gonna be the blind factory out there, so many drinks

by Smurkio August 25, 2024

four loko factor

the unplanned intrusion by four loko into your average night out plans. often leads to a really bizarre next day.

"bro i stood up my girlfriend last night but completely by mistake. i was getting ready for the date and sipping on my for loko. next thing i know im waking up on the lawn naked at noon the next day and my dog is licking peanut butter of my dick. its that damn four loko factor. what a sneaky bastard.

by Raoulduke69 January 18, 2024

Behind the factory of chairs

It is a metaphorical place where you would take someone to get them pegged.
It originated when renowned chair factory in Egypt became abandoned, which made people go there to commit suspicious acts.

I will take you behind the factory of chairs if lay a hand on my brother again.

by ImaginativeExaggerator December 5, 2023

fex post facto

(etym. "Fex", turd + "Post Facto")
1. The changing of rules or

practices to foil an inconvenient

promotion or recognition.

2. Where management is in on it,

a "Stealth Demotion", marked

by the customary imbalance of

authority and answerability.

Did you see that the new lead tech's most vital efficiency measure has been farmed out to Nursing because some suit's golfing partner didn't think he deserved the job? Talk about Fex Post Facto!

by Zappin' Nap December 10, 2023

The Zero Factor

When society judges people whether they are successful or not by the number of zeros they have accumulated in their bank accounts—when hundredaires and thousandaires are normally overlooked and looked down while millionaires and billionaires are noticed and respected (or even worshipped).

What differentiates the rich and the famous from the poor and the notorious on this side of heaven is not just the fear factor but also the zero factor.

by Numerati December 26, 2024

Hard Problem of Fact

The dilemma that facts are not raw, uninterpreted bits of the world, but are always "theory-laden." What counts as a fact depends on the conceptual framework you're using. A fact is a statement about the world that we agree is incontrovertible within a given paradigm. The hard problem is that when paradigms shift (e.g., from Newtonian to Einsteinian physics), old facts can become false or meaningless. This means facts are not eternal building blocks of knowledge, but temporary settlements in an ongoing negotiation between observation and interpretation.

Example: For centuries, "The Sun revolves around the Earth" was a brute fact, confirmed by daily observation. The shift to heliocentrism didn't change the raw data (the sun's motion in the sky), it changed the interpretive framework. The "fact" became "The Earth rotates, creating the illusion of solar motion." The hard problem: There is no neutral observation language. What you call a fact reveals your theoretical commitments. A fact is like a piece in a puzzle—it only has a definite shape and place relative to the picture you're trying to build. Hard Problem of Fact.

by Enkigal January 24, 2026

It's a Fact Card

The tactic of ending debate by loudly declaring one's own position as an indisputable "fact," thereby framing any further disagreement as irrational denialism. This move aggressively shuts down nuance by claiming the mantle of objective truth, often by cherry-picking a single statistic or a broadly accepted premise while ignoring context, interpretation, or counter-evidence. It's a power play to position oneself as the voice of reality and the opponent as a "fact-denier."

It's a Fact Card *Example: In a climate change discussion: "CO2 levels are rising. That's a fact card. If you disagree, you're anti-science." This ignores the nuanced debate about impacts, mitigation strategies, and economic trade-offs, reducing everything to a single, weaponized data point to foreclose all further conversation.*

by Abzugal February 3, 2026