The Mom Paradox

When you struggle with something and call for help, and the other person solves the problem by just existing and you look like an idiot.

You can't find your favorite shirt after an hour of looking and your mom finds it in your closet in 5 seconds? Mom Paradox.

Your computer keeps crashing but when you call IT everything works like new? Mom Paradox.

Kid: "Mom the TV isn't turning on something is wrong"
Mom: *presses the ON button on the TV and it works just find* "What's the problem?"
Kid: "The Mom Paradox"
Mom: *proceeds to beat the kid*

by Guulagg February 22, 2022

Facebook Paradox

The phenomenon manifested as the more "friends" that a member of social networks has, the less this person is willing to share of themselves with the "friends" on the network.

"I can't post anything to Facebook anymore because too many people see that stuff!"
"Yeah, dude, you're up against the Facebook Paradox with your 10,000 FB-friends."

by Nigel Spellright November 4, 2015

grandfather paradox

The grandfather paradox is a paradox of time travel in which inconsistencies emerge through changing the past.

Everyone: What is Grandfather Paradox?

Me: Something like you go back in time and kill your grandfather so that you won’t exist in time.

by anonymous December 16, 2020

Cognizanthazard Paradox

When inaccurate heuristics or cognizanthazards present a consistent problem to agents, such that experience is detrimental to performance or outcomes, yet experience seems necessary to complete the task.

Jake was told that seeing the movie decreased the ability of his competition to create a trailer for audiences. He avoided a cognizanthazard paradox by requesting random footage from the movie and learning nothing more about its plot while making the trailer.

by Zigioz March 7, 2023

Bigot's Paradox

A bigot's paradox is used in the sense when someone who discriminates, insist that they "does not discriminate, " but only "doesn't like these people, " don't "want people to shove it in their face, " etc.

Certain news reporter: "Another severe case of Bigot's Paradox is spotted in a pair of Trumpist couple."

Karen: "I am not homophobic, I just don't like gay people!"

Tim: "I am not racist, (I have an Libyan-Jewish-Latino-Arabic-Chinese-Native American friend, ) I just don't want them to shove their race into my face."

by well sure January 17, 2021

Izukara Paradox

A phenomenon in which, despite a lack of effort or time, a creator's work ends up better received, and/or beloved more than the works the creator is more prideful of/has put more effort into.

"This video took me literally 5 minutes to make, but it's already done better than my high-effort video! Classic Izukara Paradox."

by Bongos87 July 15, 2021

Kylie Paradox

the kylie paradox originated from a group chat, but initially has an undetermined start date. it is characterized by thinking faster than your fingers during text, causing a jumble of words rarely understood by others. (often made fun of)

person one: look at these coins i earned!

person two: What for that do?
(combination of “what’s that for” and “what does that do?”)
person one: uh oh, that’s a kylie paradox.

by rraptor222 September 16, 2022