A phenomenon where the subject is mathematically ensured a safe trip but is victim of some twist of fate resulting in utter raging and disappointment in the concept of math.
A:DUDE!I PICKED OUT THE BAD APPLE 3 TIMES IN A ROW!FROM A BATCH OF 100 APPLES!WTF MAN!
B: Looks like u just experienced the Jing Paradox.
B: Looks like u just experienced the Jing Paradox.
by dude24564578679 March 13, 2014
Get the jing paradoxmug. The scenario of a man having an option between suitors, although not knowing whether the suitors have interest in the man in question, although suspected. Usually consists of four options: choose one, choose the other, wait it out, or start over with a new, unrelated suitor. The scenario usually ends badly for the man in said paradox, and the man is haunted with the thought of what could have been had he chosen another option.
“Yeah, my friend is caught in an Austin Paradox. He’s having a mental breakdown trying to figure out what he should do. I pity him.”
by Helixgamingco August 19, 2021
Get the Austin 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 paradox of the average not knowing that they're average, meaning that if someone knows that they're average, it makes them not average.
John: Man, I'm so smart; I'm aware that I'm average
Paul: Well, if you know you're average then you're not average. Look up the average paradox.
Paul: Well, if you know you're average then you're not average. Look up the average paradox.
by Java-man50050 October 21, 2020
Get the Average 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.