Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity

A bias where an individual declares their own perspective to be objective while dismissing all others as biased—without any justification for why their perspective deserves the "objective" label. The bias is arbitrary because the criteria for objectivity shift to always favor the biased party: what's "objective" is whatever they believe, whatever their side says, whatever serves their interests. This bias is the foundation of punditry, of editorializing, of the confident assertion that "I'm not political, I just believe in common sense" (where common sense means my opinions). The Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity allows its holder to feel rational while being utterly unreflective, to claim neutrality while being deeply partisan. It's the bias that denies it's a bias, which is what makes it so effective and so dangerous.

Example: "He introduced himself as 'just giving the facts, no bias.' Then he spent an hour presenting one side of every issue, dismissing opposing views as 'ideological.' The Bias of Arbitrary Objectivity meant he never had to examine his own assumptions—they weren't assumptions, they were just 'reality.' When challenged, he didn't defend his views; he defended his right to be the arbiter of what counts as objective. The bias was invisible to him, which is how it worked."

by Dumu The Void February 20, 2026

Self-righteous and Arbitrary

Ohohoh! And that is why they are exempt! So if the politicians try to flee to Japan, do me a favor and shoot their planes out of the sky for me will you?

Hym "Self-righteous and arbitrary is right! They are trying to interfere with my challenge to God but they don't want to have to wait until after I kill it so they have created this fiction where if they can get me to do something I somehow lose a game I'm not playing and they CAN'T DO MORE THAN CREATE AI so they can't win the game that I'm playing... So I just have to sit here and wait for them to kill themselves. Which is kind of a bummer but also kind of funny."

by Hym Iam July 11, 2025

Arbitrarium

A museum of the arbitrary.

I want to open an arbitrarium and fill it with things like statues of people who have feet for hands, photographs of people on the beach who went there just because they felt like it, a diorama of a courthouse scene in which a judge is delivering a sentence based on his whim rather than on the facts of the case. A rock from my shoe. A dead squirrel. The letter M. An empty candy wrapper. The sound of silence!

by Ikhnaton Skypeople November 16, 2019

Arbitrator

A judge, jury & executioner at a one stop shop.
Usually a posher version of a normal lawyer.
This rare breed of attornies mastered the art of ripping you off your life savings by enjoying government protection because their trials and secret and not published.

This is the type of lawyer that sits behind a mahgony desk sipping scotch and talking to his fellow Freemason friends about the beauty of the 1st amendment while you soil your a*# out in courts.

Trump decided to withdraw from NAFTA because he found that the arbitrators judgments were unfair towards the United States.

by Urban Jack 11 February 13, 2017

arbitrator

ar'-bi-tray-ter: A cook who leaves Arby's to work at McDonald's.

The cook became an arbitrator when he left Arby's to work at McDonald's.

by Penbiks September 23, 2008

Arbitrarian

An arbiter of the arbitrary. The decisionist that determines what is desultory.

You see that arbitrarian in the mirror?

by Dadpool December 10, 2018

arbitraitor

A person that works at Arby's but quits and works at Mcdonalds.

"Did you know that Steve quit working at Arby's and went to work at Mcdondalds." "What an arbitraitor."

by TREVOR!!!!!!!!! October 21, 2008