When there is a massive tech disruption that affects 1000s of people directly or indirectly, and stuck in sh*** till it's fixed.
Referring to the recent tech issue by Roger's, which led to 1000s going through major frustration and headaches.
Referring to the recent tech issue by Roger's, which led to 1000s going through major frustration and headaches.
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Get the Everything happens for no reason mug.A cognitive and rhetorical failure where the sheer scale, complexity, or existential dread of a looming crisis (like climate catastrophe or societal collapse) leads individuals and institutions to treat it as impossible rather than improbable. It’s not denial of evidence, but a psychological surrender to the unthinkable. By dismissing the event as "not happening," the mind avoids the paralyzing burden of preparing for it. This fallacy confuses statistical low-probability with metaphysical impossibility, often reinforced by the fact that truly systemic disasters have no recent local precedent, making them feel like science fiction instead of pending history.
Example: A coastal city council rejects funding for a massive seawall upgrade because "a storm that powerful has never hit us here." This is the Not Happening Fallacy. They are not denying climate science; they are treating a historically unprecedented, high-impact hurricane—now more likely due to warming oceans—as a mythic event, opting for cognitive comfort over costly, disruptive preparation.
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