Stuck in neutral 

To be out of control of your body, whatever happens happens. Rolling at the pace of the universe.

Smoked so much, that a bitch was stuck in neutral.

Stuck in neutral by Troglodyte April 11, 2021

Box of Neutrals. 

When your gearbox or transaxle has shat itself, and you can't get a gear.

I mean, I was testing the Gen 3 car, and it shat itself.
Ended up with another box of neutrals.

Box of Neutrals. by Podcast DSO January 20, 2022

Put ‘em in Neutral

The act of putting 4 Benadryls in one’s energy drink, thus canceling out the effects.

Ivan: “Felipe did you go to the part last night?”

Felipe: “Yeah I went with Gavin.”

Ivan: “Did y’all see Jackson?”

Felipe: “Yeah, Jackson was acting hella crazy last night, I had to put ‘em in neutral .”

Put ‘em in Neutral by Deamly June 7, 2024

Golden fucking neutral 

When you mediate two feelings or actions to achieve a third effect that is greater than the sum of it's parts. For instance, having a coffee and a zyn, or having a shitty monday morning hungover and having a lunchtime beer. Then you get golden fucking neutral.

Christ, that 2cb made me tweak, but the buckfast has got me golden fucking neutral baby.

Golden fucking neutral by Cheekygeezer333 August 6, 2025

Fallacy of Logical Neutrality

The mistaken belief that logic remains neutral in situations of power struggle, paradigm conflict, or hegemonic dispute—that logical rules apply equally to all parties regardless of their position in social, intellectual, or institutional hierarchies. In reality, what counts as "logical" is often determined by those in power, and logical frameworks themselves can be tools of domination. The fallacy lies in pretending that logic floats free of human interests, that it's a pure instrument available equally to all. But when disputing logical paradigms (classical vs. non-classical), logical privileges (who gets to define good reasoning), or logical hegemony (Western logic as universal), neutrality is impossible—logic is part of the struggle, not above it.

"You keep saying 'just be logical' in our debate about indigenous knowledge systems. That's the Fallacy of Logical Neutrality—you're assuming your logic (Western, classical, formal) is neutral, when it's actually one logic among many, and it's the one backed by centuries of colonial power. Logic isn't neutral when one party gets to define what logic is."

Fallacy of Logical Neutrality by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026

Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof

A bias that treats Western standards of proof—deductive certainty for mathematics, statistical significance for science, eyewitness testimony for law—as neutral, universal, and the only legitimate ways to establish truth. The Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof ignores that standards of proof vary across cultures and historical periods, that what counts as "proof" is negotiated, not discovered, and that Western proof standards have been used to dismiss non-Western knowledge systems. It presents "proof" as a pure concept, erasing its social construction. Those with this bias don't see their proof standards as one tradition; they see them as proof itself. Everyone else has anecdotes, superstition, or belief.

"Where's your proof?" they demanded, meaning "Where's your double-blind RCT?" Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof: treating one culture's proof standards as universal. The speaker never considered that other forms of validation exist—centuries of observation, intergenerational knowledge, lived experience. Their proof was just proof; everything else was anecdote."

Bias of Neutral and Impartial Proof by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026

Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence

A bias that treats Western evidentiary hierarchies—privileging quantitative over qualitative, experimental over observational, published over experiential—as neutral, universal, and the only legitimate ways to know. The Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence ignores that what counts as evidence is shaped by power, that different domains require different kinds of evidence, and that Western evidence standards have been used to exclude marginalized knowers. It presents "evidence" as a pure category, erasing its politics. Those with this bias don't see their evidentiary standards as one tradition; they see them as evidence itself. Everyone else has anecdotes, stories, or bias.

"That's just anecdotal, not real evidence." Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence: treating quantitative data as the only evidence, dismissing experience, testimony, and qualitative research. The speaker never considered that for some questions, anecdotes are the only evidence available. Their evidence was just evidence; everything else was nothing."

Bias of Neutral and Impartial Evidence by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026