The Fallacy Limit

When someone does so many things wrong and backwards that it reaches a critical mass such that it's a mathematical impossibility to point out a single instant of it in time, and it tries to drag everything into its singularity. Also known as "quantum stupidity".

She reached the fallacy limit for the day . . . and for all time.

by Ubermensch-One March 28, 2025

Over the speed limit

When someone does something overly crazy, or in a way that is unbecoming of a normal functioning adult human being.

"Did you see Kevin raging over League of Legends? He's really over the speed limit."

by SteviePepperoni May 13, 2025

Speed Limit Party

A small to medium sized social gathering where young adult Mormons get together to do bland, morally unambiguous activities such as Go Fish, crocheting, and (as the namesake suggests) driving the speed limit to the local soda jerk.

Katie invited me to hang out on Friday night, but it turned out to be a boring ass speed limit party. We made dirt cups and drank sparkling juice. I felt like I was in kindergarten again.

by Yoinky McSploinky May 14, 2025

Limit Problem of Pseudoscience

The epistemological crisis that occurs when the rigid, methodological boundaries of science are used to dismiss phenomena or entire domains of inquiry (like paranormality, supernaturality, astral projection, mediumship, or claims of an afterlife) not because they have been conclusively disproven, but because they inherently resist or exist outside the standardized tools of verification. The "limit" is the edge of science's operational domain. This problem highlights the danger of conflating "unexplained by current science" with "false" or "meaningless." When parapsychology investigates psi phenomena, or when narratives of reincarnation present veridical memories, the pseudoscience label is often applied not due to a failure of internal coherence within those claims, but due to their violation of materialist assumptions or their reliance on non-repeatable, subjective experience. This creates a catch-22: the phenomena, by their purported nature, evade the controlled, reproducible experiment—the very benchmark used to declare them pseudoscientific. Thus, the label can become a circular defense of the scientific paradigm's limits, rather than a fair assessment of the claims' substantive truth or falsehood.

Example: "A medium provides specific, verified details about a deceased person unknown to her. The skeptic invokes the Limit Problem of Pseudoscience: he can't explain it, so he labels it 'pseudoscience' and cites a lack of lab replication. But the phenomenon—if real—might be rare, personal, and context-dependent, inherently fleeing the laboratory setting. The 'pseudoscience' accusation here doesn't address the anomaly; it protects science from having to expand its methods to account for messy, singular experiences that haunt its borders."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Limited Prosecution

In the context of psychological operations akin to a "limited hangout" (a tactic of disclosing partial truths to obscure greater secrets), a prosecutorial strategy whereby authorities pursue charges against select individuals or aspects of a conspiracy, thereby preempting broader investigations, protecting key actors, and maintaining narrative control; often employed to simulate justice while concealing systemic involvement. See also selective prosecution.

Notable examples of limited prosecutions, based on historical records, include:

- Iran-Contra Affair (1980s): Select officials like Oliver North faced charges for arms sales and funding, shielding higher administration involvement.

- Abu Ghraib scandal (2004): Low-level U.S. soldiers were prosecuted for detainee abuse, while command-level accountability was minimal.

- HSBC money laundering (2012): The bank paid fines for aiding cartels, but no executives were charged, citing systemic risks.

These cases involved partial pursuits to contain broader scrutiny.

by Florida Populist February 8, 2026