When a driver accelerates through a yellow light knowing full well that shit will turn red before they get in the intersection. If done properly, the driver will end up running a red light.
Often, passengers will scream "FREE BIIIIIIRD!" for the duration of the intersection.
See also: Pennsylvania Left, Pittsburgh Left
Often, passengers will scream "FREE BIIIIIIRD!" for the duration of the intersection.
See also: Pennsylvania Left, Pittsburgh Left
"Dude I nearly died today, some jagoff was Free Birding an Intersection during rushour!"
"No way, was that the 3 car pileup at North and Main?"
"No, that guy was making a Pennsylvania Left."
"No way, was that the 3 car pileup at North and Main?"
"No, that guy was making a Pennsylvania Left."
by lordg52 June 9, 2022
Get the Free Birding an Intersection mug.The principle that between any two points on any logical spectrum, there exists not just a continuum but an intermediate spectrum—a whole range of positions that are neither one thing nor the other but participate in both. The law of the intermediate spectrum acknowledges that the space between "true" and "false" isn't just "partially true" but contains infinite varieties of partial truth—truth-adjacent, truth-approximate, truth-conditional, truth-in-context. It's the logic of "it's complicated," of "yes and no," of "technically correct but practically wrong." The law of the intermediate spectrum is the enemy of simplistic thinking and the friend of anyone who's ever said "it depends."
Example: "She applied the law of the intermediate spectrum to the question 'was that movie good?' Between 'good' and 'bad' lay an intermediate spectrum: technically impressive but emotionally hollow, well-acted but poorly written, great for its genre but not for general audiences. The intermediate spectrum captured the nuance that binary ratings erased. Her friends wished she'd just say yes or no."
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The principle that between truth and falsehood lies an infinite intermediate zone—claims that are partly true, mostly true, true in context, true conditionally, true approximately. The law of the intermediate truth recognizes that most important claims live in this zone, not at the poles. "Vaccines are safe" is not absolutely true (no intervention is 100% safe) but is true enough for practical purposes. "This relationship is good" is not universally true (it has bad moments) but is true in aggregate. The intermediate truth is where most of life happens, and the law that acknowledges it is the foundation of wisdom.
Example: "He asked if the movie was good. She couldn't say yes or no—it was good in parts, bad in parts, good for some audiences, bad for others, good in intention, bad in execution. The law of the intermediate truth gave her language: 'It's on the spectrum of good. Upper half, maybe? Depends what you value.' He wanted a binary; she gave him nuance. He watched it anyway and had his own intermediate experience."
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The terminology implicitly invokes common street names "Church Street" and "State Street" as if they were nominally a small-town street corner, at least ostensibly. In actuality? This is a conceptual stand-in for the constitutional ideal of "the separation of Church and State" being trampled into the ground at the local grass-roots level.
The terminology implicitly invokes common street names "Church Street" and "State Street" as if they were nominally a small-town street corner, at least ostensibly. In actuality? This is a conceptual stand-in for the constitutional ideal of "the separation of Church and State" being trampled into the ground at the local grass-roots level.
Unfortunate that every two-bit agenda-pusher is trying to plop themselves down at the intersection of Church and State.
Those two roads should never cross as this is where freedom goes to die.
Those two roads should never cross as this is where freedom goes to die.
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