catch-22

In layman's terms it pretty much means "Damned if you do and damned if you don't" either way you're gonna get screwed.

Season 3, Episode 17: Catch-22
In the ABC TV show "Lost"by J.J. Abrams

Desmond can see the future and his latest vision suggests that his girlfriend Penny will crash-land onto the island. The vision also suggests that Charlie will die if he comes along with Desmond to rescue her, but Charlie must come along to make the vision come true.
(Season Three: Original Air Date: 18 April 2007)

by bubblybug May 23, 2007

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by RobertOldhead November 4, 2008

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A ska band from a small town in New Jersey. Recently played their last show at Bamboozle '07. Very Good Band.

I skanked at the Catch 22 show last week

by rbfreak May 23, 2007

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See Paradox.
Or as Bart Simpson would say, "You're damned if ya' do, and you're damned if ya' don't."

You need to jump into the ocean to put out the flames on your head. But if you jump into the ocean, the giant squid will suck your guts out.

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A "damned if you do, damned if you don't" situation, where there is no right choice. See: Kobayashi Maru.

Being White is a Catch-22. If you participate in a different culture, that's cultural appropriation... but if you don't, you're not being inclusive. If you move into an urban area, you're part of the gentrification problem... but if you move out of an urban area, you're part of the "white flight" problem. If you don't pay attention to skin color, you're ignoring racism... but if you do, you're racist. There is no right choice.

by Straight White Homeschooling D December 4, 2020

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