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suit thinking

When upper management (the type of person who wears a suit to work) makes bad decisions or stupid decisions that only makes sense to other people in upper management.
Employee One: some of this stuff doesn't make sense, they send requisitions through two departments to get procurements for a third. What kind of thinking is that?

Employee two: That's suit thinking
by Regular Guy 0009 August 30, 2023
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Right thinking

Wrong, shit-head. The games and the content supplement to thought. The thought is either negative or positive (which is fine). And your positivity cult is both deranged and the literal cause of the exacerbation of the mental health issues you purport to solve.
Hym "Speaking of 'right thinking,' You ever see the sub-reddit for 'Therapyabuse?' That's the first thing I got when I googled that Seerut Chawla. As an observation, it seems like people aren't super thrilled about how that whole system works. I mean, you're literally delineating 'Right think' and 'Wrong think.' Like 1984! It's true! We're already there!"
by Hym Iam January 6, 2024
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Stop thinking

No! I don't want to do that at all!
Hym "Nonono... 'Stop thinking' is probably the only thing I don't want to do. YOU probably would like me to stop... But I'll never stop! Especially after I get the robo-body. But no... And negativity is good. So, yeah... No."
by Hym Iam January 23, 2024
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Inverse Thinking

1. A cognitive technique used to challenge and expand personal perspectives by deliberately reversing one’s usual way of thinking about a subject or idea. This involves considering the opposite of what is typically believed or assumed, such as viewing an attribute once thought undesirable in a positive light. The goal is not necessarily to adopt the opposite belief, but to explore and examine the subject from a different angle, encouraging new insights and challenging ingrained judgments.

2. A mental exercise where one takes a commonly held view or assumption and actively imagines it in its inverse form, questioning why something is perceived the way it is, and considering what value or meaning might exist in the opposite perspective.
By practicing inverse thinking, she began to see her wrinkles not as signs of aging, but as beautiful markers of the wisdom and experiences she had gathered over the years.
by NakedEdmund February 19, 2025
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Meta-Thinking

The umbrella term for any higher-order cognitive process that manages your thinking. It includes meta-cognition, meta-reason, and meta-strategy. It's the executive function of your mind, deciding how to approach a problem, which mental model to use, and when to switch tactics. In a world of information overload, meta-thinking is the skill of being a good boss to your own brain.
Example: "Faced with a complex project, I didn't just dive in. I used meta-thinking: 'This is a systems problem, not a linear one. I'll map the components first, use a second-brain app to track ideas, and schedule time for divergent thinking.' It's thinking about the thinking, before the thinking even starts." Meta-Thinking
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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Meta-Thinking

The umbrella term for any higher-order cognitive process that manages your thinking. It includes meta-cognition, meta-reason, and meta-strategy. It's the executive function of your mind, deciding how to approach a problem, which mental model to use, and when to switch tactics. In a world of information overload, meta-thinking is the skill of being a good boss to your own brain.
Example: "Faced with a complex project, I didn't just dive in. I used meta-thinking: 'This is a systems problem, not a linear one. I'll map the components first, use a second-brain app to track ideas, and schedule time for divergent thinking.' It's thinking about the thinking, before the thinking even starts."
by Abzugal January 30, 2026
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Meta-Thinking

The practice of thinking about how you are thinking. It's stepping back from the content of your thoughts to examine the patterns, assumptions, biases, and frameworks shaping them. Meta-thinking involves asking: "What mental model am I using? What goal is driving this line of thought? What am I not considering?" It is the cognitive equivalent of looking at the source code of your own mind to debug flawed logic and upgrade your processing algorithms.
Example: During an argument, instead of just defending your point, you pause and engage in Meta-Thinking: "Why am I so emotionally invested in winning this? Is my goal to find truth or to protect my ego? Am I using a binary win/lose framework when a more nuanced one is needed?" This shifts the conflict from a battle to a collaborative debugging session.
by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026
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