Valid Post-Truth

The recognition that "post-truth" is not simply a descent into falsehood but a transformation of how truth functions—a shift from truth as correspondence to truth as performance, truth as identity, truth as weapon. Valid Post-Truth argues that the old regime of truth (objective, universal, authoritative) has eroded, and a new regime has emerged where truth claims are judged not by their correspondence to reality but by their effects, their alignment with identity, their viral potential. This is not the end of truth but its mutation—truth becomes something else, something we don't yet fully understand. Valid Post-Truth is the attempt to understand this mutation without simply lamenting it.

Example: "He'd spent years lamenting the death of truth, the rise of lies, the end of reason. Valid Post-Truth showed him a different picture: truth hadn't died; it had transformed. Now truth was what went viral, what felt right, what performed identity. He didn't have to like it, but he had to understand it. The old truth wasn't coming back; a new truth was here."

by Abzugal February 21, 2026

Valid Postmodernism

The recognition that postmodernism, often dismissed as nihilistic or relativistic, contains valid insights about the nature of truth, power, and reality that are essential for navigating the contemporary world. Valid Postmodernism accepts the core postmodern critiques—that truth is constructed, that power shapes knowledge, that grand narratives are suspect—without collapsing into the conclusion that nothing is true or everything is permitted. It uses postmodern tools to clear away false certainties, expose hidden power, and open space for new possibilities, while retaining the ability to make judgments, take stands, and fight for what matters. Valid Postmodernism is postmodernism with a spine, critique with commitment, deconstruction with construction.

Example: "He'd dismissed postmodernism as nonsense, nihilism, the end of everything. Valid Postmodernism showed him otherwise: the tools of deconstruction could expose power, the critique of grand narratives could free him from dogma, the recognition that truth is constructed could make him humble. He didn't have to accept everything; he just had to question everything—including his own certainties."

by Abzugal February 21, 2026

Valid Relativism

A nuanced form of relativism that acknowledges the context-dependence of truth, knowledge, and values without collapsing into the nihilistic "anything goes" position often associated with relativism. Valid Relativism argues that different perspectives, cultures, and contexts produce different truths—but that these truths can still be evaluated, compared, and judged. Some perspectives are more adequate, more comprehensive, more useful than others; not all truths are equal. Valid Relativism is the middle path between absolutism (one truth for everyone) and nihilism (no truth at all). It's the recognition that truth is plural without being arbitrary, contextual without being meaningless.

Example: "He used to think that if truth wasn't absolute, it must be arbitrary. Valid Relativism showed him otherwise: different cultures had different truths, but those truths could be compared, evaluated, learned from. The fact that truth was contextual didn't mean anything went; it meant context mattered. He stopped defending absolutes and started paying attention to where he was standing."

by Abzugal February 21, 2026

Valid Critical Theory

A theoretical framework distinguishing between pathological forms of critical theory (obscurantist jargon, performative radicalism, rejection of all standards) and valid forms that offer genuine insight into power, ideology, and social transformation. Valid critical theory uses the tools developed by the Frankfurt School and related traditions—critique of ideology, analysis of domination, attention to contradiction—to understand society and guide emancipatory practice. It's rigorous, self-aware, and committed to clarity; it doesn't reject truth but asks whose truth serves whom; it doesn't abandon reason but critiques its capture by power. Valid critical theory is critical theory as tool, not identity—as method, not membership.

Example: "He actually read Adorno instead of just citing him, could explain concepts clearly, and engaged seriously with objections—Valid Critical Theory, not the performance of radicalism that gives critique a bad name."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Valid Decolonial Theory

A theoretical framework that distinguishes between pathological forms of decolonial thought (dogmatic anti-Westernism, rejection of all universal standards, performative radicalism, intellectual obscurantism) and valid forms that offer genuine insight into coloniality and liberation. Valid decolonial theory analyzes how colonialism structured not just politics and economics but knowledge, culture, and consciousness itself—and argues for the decolonization of all these domains. It draws on Indigenous, African, Latin American, and other non-Western intellectual traditions not as alternatives to rigor but as sources of rigor themselves, not as rejections of truth but as expansions of what truth can mean. Valid decolonial theory doesn't claim that Western thought is worthless; it claims that Western thought has been hegemonic, that this hegemony has impoverished everyone, and that genuine understanding requires centering perspectives that have been marginalized. It's decolonial theory as intellectual liberation, not intellectual closure.

Example: "Her work didn't reject science—it asked why Indigenous knowledge systems aren't treated as science. Valid Decolonial Theory: not dismissing Western knowledge, but asking why it's the only kind that counts."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026

Valeosexual

A person who is attracted to any one being that is stronger than themselves. (I.e. Physical Strength)

"I just want someone who can kick my ass. I'm a Valeosexual. Fuck my shit up."

by MegerContent December 21, 2024

validation facial

when you spunk on somebody's face whilst validating their feelings and saying nice things about them. just a regular facial, but you validate the recipient as you do it.

Person 1: Hey look at that spa advert, it's showing something called a validation facial

Person 2: That's nice. Somebody tells you over and over that you're beautiful as they are spaffing all over your face... sounds like a wholesome experience

by toadstool12 January 4, 2025