The purpose paradox is to say “My purpose is to not have a purpose” If you don’t have a purpose you are fulfilling your purpose which means you have a purpose which means you haven’t completed your purpose and so on so forth.
by Dolphinthespaz May 31, 2021
Get the Purpose Paradoxmug. A paradox in which the use of the word cringe is, in essence, cringe, thus creating an endless cycle of cringe.
Guy 1: That's cringe.
Guy 2: Using cringe is cringe dude.
Guy 3: Ah yes, the Cringe Paradox in action.
Guy 2: Using cringe is cringe dude.
Guy 3: Ah yes, the Cringe Paradox in action.
by cringecringecringe January 5, 2022
Get the The Cringe Paradoxmug. 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
Get the Cognizanthazard Paradoxmug. 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."
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
Get the Bigot's Paradoxmug. 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
Get the Izukara Paradoxmug. Person 1, "Dude why is Person 2 standing there drooling in front of the coffee machine?"
Person 3, "They're suffering from the coffee paradox."
Person 2, *drools*
Person 3, "They're suffering from the coffee paradox."
Person 2, *drools*
by YouLikeTheWayIPostitRex March 6, 2019
Get the Coffee Paradoxmug. The best Catch-22 of them all: What if your grandfather was a truly horrific person and you were forced to go back in time and kill him before he could do those bad things. But, if you succeed and your grandmother hasn’t been impregnated with your dad or mum yet, you would not be born, and if you weren’t born, nobody killed your grandfather and well… you know where this is going.
Person 1: “Yo, what’s your favourite paradox?”
Person 2: “It’s The Grandfather Paradox. Such a fascin-.”
Person 1: “Fuck off, it’s so overrated.”
Person 2: “It’s The Grandfather Paradox. Such a fascin-.”
Person 1: “Fuck off, it’s so overrated.”
by YellowBinLorry May 24, 2023
Get the The Grandfather Paradoxmug.