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Paradox

a statement that may seem nonsensical at first but, when examined, begins to make sense
I must fully accept myself before I can change. This is an example of a paradox.
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Poster Paradox

The never-ending cycle of NBA players being dunked on. Everyone has turned someone into a poster and everyone has been made a poster.
Giannis has been dunked on and has dunked on someone. Therefore that is a poster paradox.
by RobDogSports August 8, 2023
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Pickle Jar Paradox

When you’re struggling at something then someone does the same exact thing, with zero effort.
Pickle jar paradox,
When your skinny friend opens the jar when your strong friend can’t. Zero effort…
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Based Misogyny Paradox

The Based Misogyny Paradox refers to the phenomenon where upon taking “misogyny” to its logical end, one necessarily reaches the conclusion—just as a feminist would—that it is actually men who are to blame for every societal ill, due to the female sex’s inescapable dependence on male agency.
Feminist: “Men are responsible for every societal problem!”

Chad: “Yes! Including issues pertaining to modern women!”

Feminist: “Yes! Wait, how do you agree with me on this?”

Chad: “Because I am true misogynist, I have no choice but to blame men for everything.”

Feminist: “Oh f*ck you!”

Chad: “No thanks, you are fat and have blue hair.”

Feminist: *screeches unintelligibly*

- Based Misogyny Paradox
by Canadian Dissident August 3, 2023
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The Paradox of Minimalism

The Paradox of Minimalism may be summed up in one sentence:

"If less is more, how little is too much?"

There are NIL Google results for that phrase, a quotation now attributable to Possom Cohen, New Zealand.

Time becomes more valuable as one ages. This is a classic example of the Paradox of Minimalism.
The Paradox of Minimalism is related to the passage of time and to The Holiday Paradox.

Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?
July 1, 2016
Scientific American

Bonnie Raitt addressed the passage of time and the Paradox of Minimalism in her song "Nick Of Time."

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time

"I see my folks are getting on
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
And it makes us both feel strange

No matter how you tell yourself
It's what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take
When they're staring back at you

Oh Oh Oh, scared you'll run out of time

When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
When there's less of it to wa-a-a-aste

Mmm-m-m-m-m-m
Mmmmmmm, scared you'll run out of time"

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There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.”

― Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay
The Paradox of Minimalism is epitomized in the opening sentence of this 2016 New York Times article:

"It has become an ostentatious ritual of consumerist self-sacrifice; people who have it all now seem to prefer having nothing at all."

The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
By Kyle Chayka
July 26, 2016
NYTimes

The Paradox of Minimalism also describes some very rich people giving away most of their material possessions.

“The richer you are, the less you have.”

Another ironic example of the Paradox of Minimalism is the recent KonMari decluttering craze:

konmari.com
by Primary Producer NZ April 11, 2022
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The Rickroll Paradox

Say to Rick Astley himself: "Give me UP. Now you either have to give me up or let me down"
A reddit user has attempted to create a black hole using The Rickroll Paradox
by ColorsMakeYouHappy September 23, 2021
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PARADOXICAL SUMMATIONS

The sum of two singular expressions which intuitively makes sense but the PLURAL is never conclusive and because of that in the first place both SINGULARS ARE INACCURATE to reach the PLURAL which is there where the paradox formation occurs.

E.9 A.15 I.22 T.27 D.27 O.28 R.30 H.33 F.35 S.38 C.38 U.40 G.40 L.42 W.42 Q.42 N.45 P.45 B.46 Y.47 K.51 J.52 M.53 V.66 X.68 Z.72

In this example the SUMMATIONS individually of EACH CIRCLE comes very close in EQUALING TOTAL DEGREES IN A CIRCLE but the PLURAL itself is 153 DEGREES OFF.
CIRCLE.179 CIRCLE.179 CIRCLE CIRCLE.358

CIRCLES.217

THE PARADOXICAL SUMMATIONS of CIRCLE in the SINGULAR form does not lead to the SUMMATIONS in the PLURAL FORM.

The PARADOXICAL SUMMATIONS CIRCLE CIRCLE.358 almost equals the number of DEGREES in a CIRCLE by using the two PLURAL taken each ELEMENT SEPARATELY IF you counted each CIRCLE as a DEGREE it indeed would EQUAL 360 DEGREES as if counting the TWO DEGREES OF FREEDOM.
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