by Abby Finnegan February 6, 2024
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a.k.a fry pile, a drinking game in which someone walks by a pile of fries and takes one and everyone yells “fryle” and has to drink
Slim: I think I’m gonna grab a fry
Brandon: FRYLE!!!
Annabelle: Cheers to that!
*everyone takes a drink*
Brandon: FRYLE!!!
Annabelle: Cheers to that!
*everyone takes a drink*
by SunnySueSue March 5, 2024
Get the Fryle mug.1. A dirty police officer who is doing illicit activity and trying to blame or frame criminals that are innocent.
2. A dirty police officer who is always fucking up at his job and is always messing up when on the job
3. A police officer who is a liar and falsify evidence.
4. An idiot police officer, who can’t do his job correctly so he tries to falsify evidence or frame suspect
2. A dirty police officer who is always fucking up at his job and is always messing up when on the job
3. A police officer who is a liar and falsify evidence.
4. An idiot police officer, who can’t do his job correctly so he tries to falsify evidence or frame suspect
That cop is such a fouler. He is so dirty, stay away from him. The prosecutor office is investigating due to his incompetence and him being known for him framing suspects.
by Killakatarina June 30, 2024
Get the Fouler mug.The theory, from Taleb's book of the same name, that humans systematically misinterpret random events, seeing patterns where none exist and attributing skill to luck. Fooled by Randomness Theory argues that we are narrative creatures, wired to find stories in noise, to see causes where there are only correlations, to believe we understand what is actually random. Successful traders are often just lucky, not skilled; failed entrepreneurs are often just unlucky, not incompetent. The theory explains why we overestimate our ability to predict, why we trust experts who are actually random, why we build theories on statistical flukes. It's the foundation of skepticism about success stories, about "genius" CEOs, about anyone whose track record could be explained by chance. The theory doesn't deny skill; it insists on distinguishing skill from luck—and shows how bad we are at that distinction.
Example: "The hedge fund manager had ten years of brilliant returns. Fooled by Randomness Theory asked: could this happen by chance? The math said yes—a few funds will always be lucky by pure randomness. The manager was celebrated as a genius until the next ten years revealed the truth: he'd been lucky, not skilled. His investors had been fooled by randomness."
by Dumu The Void March 7, 2026
Get the Fooled by Randomness Theory mug.A framework revealing how we mistake transient circumstances for permanent structures, or local conditions for universal laws. Fooled by Circumstances Theory shows how we attribute outcomes to inherent qualities (skill, character, destiny) when they are actually products of specific situations. The successful are not necessarily better; they may just be in favorable circumstances. The failed are not necessarily worse; they may be victims of circumstance. We are fooled when we ignore the power of context, seeing only individuals and their choices.
Fooled by Circumstances Theory "He succeeded, so he must be brilliant. She failed, so she must be lazy. Fooled by Circumstances: ignoring that he had family wealth and she had none, that he had connections and she had none. We see people; we miss the circumstances that make them. Circumstances fool us, and we never even notice."
by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026
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