The feeling of self righteousness that someone gets when they believe they have won a debate, when in reality, their opposition didn't want to participate in conversation.
O'Driscoll, "the earth is flat, I can prove it"
Opposition, **shakes head and walks away for fear of wasting time trying to explain common sense to someone whose already advertised that they are out to lunch**
O'Driscoll then feels as though the person had no contest, no debate, no facts, and no backbone to stand up for yourself.
When in reality, the audience just didn't want to bother educating someone so far behind in sense.
This can also be applied to the situation where someone challenging another person to a fight, is met with reluctance and they attribute it to how strong or intimidating they must be, when in reality, no one wanted to fight them as it's a barbaric act.
O'Driscoll's law is being so ignorant towards your perception of why you're being avoided, that you attribute people avoiding you to your intelligence or other positive characteristics.
Opposition, **shakes head and walks away for fear of wasting time trying to explain common sense to someone whose already advertised that they are out to lunch**
O'Driscoll then feels as though the person had no contest, no debate, no facts, and no backbone to stand up for yourself.
When in reality, the audience just didn't want to bother educating someone so far behind in sense.
This can also be applied to the situation where someone challenging another person to a fight, is met with reluctance and they attribute it to how strong or intimidating they must be, when in reality, no one wanted to fight them as it's a barbaric act.
O'Driscoll's law is being so ignorant towards your perception of why you're being avoided, that you attribute people avoiding you to your intelligence or other positive characteristics.
by WizardfromTower39 January 11, 2024
Get the O'Driscoll's lawmug. Someone who utilizes the "reliable" bad-luck-causing syndrome of Murphy's Law by actually turning it his own benefit or that of his friends. Extra points if these other folks actually hire him for pay to "suffer on their behalf".
One excellent example of a Murphy's Law opportunist would be someone who hangs out his laundry to dry on an occasion when rain is desired.
by QuacksO August 11, 2019
Get the Murphy's Law opportunistmug. 
Get the grandfather-in-lawmug. To date, the only graduate school dedicated to international relations where the majority of students are not hyper-competitive, pretentious, or trust-fund babies. Students choose two concentrations (international security, human security, international development, international legal studies, etc.) and submit a thesis in their final semester. The Fletcher School is affiliated with Tufts University, but maintains autonomy in its course offerings, fundraising and programmatic events.
To further his career with the Bangladeshi Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Ahmed decided to study environmental politics and conflict resolution at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy.
by Simona Halep August 21, 2022
Get the The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacymug. Any law so ridiculous that it causes a person to ignore it, making it easier for that individual to break other laws, often escalating the significance of their crimes. Generally creating a lifelong criminal.
I wish our lawmakers would take positions more seriously and stop passing gateway laws to score political points, it just leads to disregard for all laws.
by Randomly Assigned March 3, 2023
Get the Gateway Lawmug. My 2C1R-in-law is a good person.
by Gerald128 April 7, 2021
Get the 2C1R-in-lawmug. by fatherbattyjacks December 3, 2024
Get the keneno lawmug.