Prooty

To prank your teacher

That teacher had no clue we prootyed her

by Xx_coolguy_xX February 23, 2026

Proto-fallacies

Early-stage reasoning errors that haven't yet developed into full fallacies—the seeds of fallacious thinking before they bloom. Proto-fallacies are what you see in arguments that are starting to go wrong but haven't yet crossed the line. A vague generalization that could become a hasty generalization; an emotional appeal that could become a full appeal to emotion. Recognizing proto-fallacies allows intervention before the error solidifies—a chance to steer reasoning back toward soundness. They're the prevention side of fallacy theory.

Proto-fallacies Example: "His argument was starting to generalize from one case—not enough to be a hasty generalization yet, but heading that way. Proto-fallacy: the seed was there. She pointed it out early: 'You're basing a lot on one example.' He had chance to correct before the fallacy bloomed. The intervention worked; the argument improved."

by Abzugal March 7, 2026

Proton VPN

The VPN that isn't ever on discount, nobody talks about it, but it's really good. The best VPN.

"yo bro ever heard of Proton VPN?" Person A
"you know about em'? best vpn money can buy." Person B

by Planet27272 June 28, 2025

Protothesis

When you reject something as false so strongly that you'll invent falsehoods about it to justify why you see it as false.

Proto is greek for 'before', thesis is for 'placement'. I.e. placing lies before a subject so you make sure you don't believe it.

"Our views about politics have been shunned for eons by people's protothesis about us... they'd rather take lies about us than our truth because it'd discomfort them."

by biggydickymanson August 16, 2025

Protocol-autonomous-yet-liquidity-entangled

A state where a blockchain or decentralized network remains sovereign in its code and consensus rules but is economically bound to traditional financial systems through ETFs, custodial holdings, and institutional liquidity cycles.
It’s free by design — yet dances to Wall Street’s rhythm.

Bitcoin’s protocol is decentralized, but its price moves with the Nasdaq — it’s protocol-autonomous-yet-liquidity-entangled.

by Codex Δ October 22, 2025

protoloveism

The earliest, often nonverbal, moment of preferential recognition shown by an infant or very young child toward a primary caregiver, manifesting as a deliberate, unprompted touch, a sustained, focused gaze, spontaneous, determined stretching of arms, maybe even a burst of baby piss in the chest during an initial diaper change.

My 16-year-old son finally sent me a texted protoloveism. God and Sam Altman bless Neil Papworth, Matti Makkonen, and Friedhelm Hillebrand!

by TR Arterburn December 9, 2025

barstool protocol

the type of discussion that usually takes place at a bar, when individuals argue over the use of the exact words each other has spoken rather than the concepts intended. often making small grammatical errors and the combination of alcohol a violent combination.

John: man, i totally just shat a brick!
Ben: thats literally not possible unless you ate bricks...
John: i mean, it was as hard as a rock and enormous
Ben: ok, well thats different, it certainly wasn't a brick though... look when your at the bar, you gotta understand that barstool protocol is 100% in effect...

by jackbauer October 11, 2012