Psycho-Schematic

A wild and chaotic plan that somehow, against all logic, works perfectly. It’s an insane method with an impossibly successful outcome.

The Joker, Batman’s arch nemesis, appears to be psycho-schematic in the way he operates.

by Psycho-schematic August 13, 2025

worst case scenarioism

Health anxiety created by googling your symptoms, ignoring page after page of reassuring data, then reading one line saying you'll be dead in 10 days with undiagnosed cancer, on websites such as "wrong-diagnosis-dot-com" or such like.

Mike, suffered a severe attack of "worst case scenarioism" characterized by: fear of imminent death, facing difficult music choices for his funeral, and excessive will writing.

The attack came on very suddenly as a result of googling his haemorrhoid symptoms.

by DoctorAndy June 23, 2021

Hit by a Tree scenario

A scenario, usually brought up at work, in which a tree falls ontop of you the next day.

Usually this is brought up to force you to document your work, so others can continue/finish it if something would happen to you, whether this is you actually dying or you getting replaced by someone cheaper.

Alice: "I just pushed IEEE 802.11mc to the main repo, there is still a lot of work to do."
Bob: "Don't forget the hit by a Tree scenario"

by biosboii November 19, 2023

2.2 scenario

Whenever a game developer takes way longer than expected or originally promised for the release of an update to a game, usually due to the constant addition of new ideas

Geometry dash 2.2's development time is a prime example of a 2.2 scenario

by Maxifire32 May 6, 2024

completely different scenario

a canned response to validate the responder's hypocritical actions as non-hypocritical

"So now you want to wave the national flag? Didn't you call that 'racist' a few years ago?"

"Completely different scenario! I'm doing this because it's against that evil foreign leader!"

by tourchan February 27, 2025

Theory of FTL Scenarios

A framework for analyzing situations involving faster-than-light travel, communication, or phenomena—not just the physics, but the implications, paradoxes, and possibilities. Theory of FTL Scenarios asks: What would happen if FTL were possible? How would causality be affected? What new technologies, societies, and dilemmas would emerge? The theory explores the full range of FTL possibilities, from warp drives to wormholes to tachyons, and their consequences for physics and civilization. It's FTL as a thought experiment—imagining the implications before (if ever) the technology exists.

Theory of FTL Scenarios "FTL scenarios always seem to lead to paradoxes—kill your grandfather, etc. But Theory of FTL Scenarios asks: maybe those paradoxes are just limitations in our thinking. What if FTL is possible, and causality is preserved in ways we don't yet understand? The theory explores the possibilities, not just the problems."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 5, 2026

Theory of Interstellar Scenarios

A framework for analyzing situations involving travel between stars—not just the physics, but the sociology, economics, and human dimensions. Theory of Interstellar Scenarios asks: What would interstellar civilization look like? How would trade work across light-years? What would interstellar politics, war, and culture become? The theory explores the full range of possibilities when humanity (or others) spreads among the stars.

Theory of Interstellar Scenarios "Interstellar scenarios always assume easy travel, but what if it's hard? What if ships take generations, and colonies lose contact? Theory of Interstellar Scenarios explores all possibilities, not just the optimistic ones. The galaxy might be settled, but it might also be silent, each world alone. The theory asks what that silence would mean."

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal March 5, 2026