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Critical Need-to-Know Information

Burt Gummer: I feel I was denied critical need-to-know information.
by PrinceDeven78 February 21, 2023
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critical dumbassity

When a really bad mistake or stupid action takes place.
When John crashed his Mustang after a twelve pack...he suffered from critical dumbassity.
by mrchristian November 20, 2012
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Critical Race Theory

The most misunderstood theory in history.

This theory was meant to be used and understood in an academic context, but apparently a few people decided it would be "cool" to use in mainstream discourse (i.e. social media). Thus, the misunderstanding begins.

In all seriousness, for one to understand CRT, you would need to understand what "critical theory" is first. I am referring to the philosophical theory and framework written by Adorno & Horkheimer, which is basically a heated critique on mass-produced culture.

If one does not understand the tenets to this theory, then one should not voice their uninformed opinions on said theory.

Of course, perhaps the fault lies more in the people who decided to abuse this term. And in that case, I understand you 100%, but at the same time it's still unfair to dismiss it as BS.
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ: "Critical Race Theory is a bunch of BS"
๐— ๐—ฒ: "No, it's not. Either you misunderstood the theory, or you haven't grasped the underlying philosophy behind it."
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ: "I don't think I'd care enough to learn about it."
๐— ๐—ฒ: "If you don't wish to know more about it, that's fine, just admit you were wrong."
๐—ง๐—ต๐—ฒ๐—บ: "Okay SJW."
๐— ๐—ฒ: "Look bro, I'm just being pedantic. Call me a nerd, a know-it-all, but I ain't got nothing to do with SJWs. In fact I'll happily listen to critiques against CRT."
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Critical Contrarianism

The belief that critics are almost always dead wrong when reviewing a work. Indeed, these days reviews from critics and audiences tend to differ wildly.

The common belief is that if the critic reviews are negative and the audience is positive, the work is great, and if critic reviews are high while audience reviews are poor, the work is terrible.
The Mario Movie got a 55% on Rotten Tomatoes from critics, but 98% from the audience. That's critical contrarianism for you.
by Ubeenbamboozledson April 9, 2023
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critical condition

His grandma's alive, she's just in critical condition.
by CigaroCigaroCigar November 18, 2025
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criticism

when your friend says you are the reason for the world to go under just because you decided to buy extra editions of some of the books you already have (like learn to chill bro)

-spoiled brat
"you are always so mean" - spoiled brat

"no, it's criticism" - friend
by readyouryoung April 4, 2024
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critical path

A buzzword Project Managers used to describe the priority of work items that they don't comprehend.
I have some concerns that we're not focusing enough to prioritize which three (3) crayons will be used by our stakeholders; it's critical path.
by Project ARCHIE August 29, 2016
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