former daters

your mama left you so did your girl

we are former daters

by thenumberonedefintionsinfake May 31, 2023

serial dater

people who've been in many short term relationships. these people are almost never single and constantly jumping from relationship to relationship.

example 1
person 1: I have a crush on *name*
person 2: good luck, she's a serial dater

example 2
person 1: Is *name 1* still dating *name 2*?
person 2: That was 2 relationships ago, he's with *name 3* now.
person 1: I saw him with *name 2* last month!
person 2: serial daters, man..

by TheRealFaxMachine September 21, 2023

Laundry Detergent Skull

Grunge band from the early 1990s (1992-1994) with Goth and New wave influences. Lead singer Daniel Scolio (Daniel Skull), Guitarist Timothy Drake, Bassist Beth Womack, and Drummer Ed Rummage. Released one album, which is self detergent.

“Have you ever heard of Laundry Detergent Skull?”
“Who is that.”

by DanielSkullFan June 5, 2024

Discouraged Dater

Someone who is currently not dating, who wants to date, but has not attempted to start dating for a long time because they gave up, believe nobody is suitable, or is mentally exhausted from unsuccessful attempts.

Person 1: Hey man, you haven't dated in a while, why don't you go out and find someone.
Person 2: Can't, finding someone is a lost cause
Person 1: Ah, I get it, you're a discouraged dater

by ManBehindTheDarkMask November 21, 2024

Cognitive Determinism

The theory that our thoughts, beliefs, and even our conscious reasoning processes are determined by prior causes—our genetics, upbringing, culture, and past experiences—that shape our cognitive frameworks. You think what you think because of your cognitive programming; "changing your mind" is just the output of a deterministic process of new inputs interacting with old programming.

Example: You encounter a persuasive political argument. Cognitive determinism would say whether you find it convincing isn't a free evaluation of pure reason, but is predetermined by your existing ideological schema, the trust you have in the speaker (based on past experiences), and your social group's norms. Your "rational conclusion" was the only possible output given your cognitive starting conditions. Advertising works on this principle, aiming to deterministically rewire cognitive associations (Coca-Cola = happiness).

by Abzugal January 24, 2026

Cognitive Determinism

The strong, hardcore version of Cognitive Realism. It asserts that our cognitive structures don't just influence but fundamentally determine and limit the boundaries of our possible experience. What we call "reality" is an inescapable projection of our neural wiring; we cannot perceive, conceive of, or even imagine anything outside the categories our brains provide. It's not that we see the world through a tinted window; it's that we are the window, and everything we see is a property of the glass.

Example: "Trying to imagine a truly new color is the prison of Cognitive Determinism. My brain's visual system is built from combinations of red, green, and blue photoreceptors. Every color I can experience or dream of is just a mix of those. A 'new' color outside that RGB triangle is cognitively impossible for me. My reality isn't just shaped by my senses; its entire color palette is predetermined by them."

by Abzunammu February 2, 2026

Orbital Deterrents

Weapons systems or military platforms stationed in space, designed to prevent hostile actions by an adversary through the threat of overwhelming, rapid, and inescapable retaliation from orbit. This is the ultimate high ground, where a platform could hold kinetic bombardment rods ("Rods from God"), lasers, or surveillance systems. The deterrent power comes from the inability of terrestrial defenses to reliably stop an attack that begins outside the atmosphere and has mere minutes to impact.

Example: In the novel Seveneves, the "Cloud Ark" and its defenders become a de facto Orbital Deterrent against Earth-based aggression. The theoretical system of tungsten telephone-pole-sized rods dropped from orbit to strike with the force of a nuclear weapon—without fallout—is a classic sci-fi example of a terrifyingly clean, fast, and unstoppable deterrent. Orbital Deterrents

by Abzugal Nammugal Enkigal February 3, 2026