"I'm Joking" Paradox

When a person talks about a topic a little to much but denies liking the thing they are talking about, thus creating a paradox as it is unknown whether they actually mean what they say.
"Jake talks about liking that one girl a little too much but says he doesn't like her. I think its an "I'm Joking" Paradox"
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the Johnson Paradox

The Johnson Paradox is a phenomenon where a group of people love and support an individual, despite that individual lying repeatedly and showing the utmost corruption and hypocrisy in their daily life.

The individual might also be completely in contempt of their supporters and morally destitute, but the supporters cannot see the individual for what they are and support them regardless.
Reasonable Person 1: "So he lied to everyone and was forced out of office by his own party, yet when he returned yesterday, he was met with thunderous applause?"
Reasonable Person 2: "It's the Johnson Paradox in effect."
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lizzo paradox

The paradox in where women will blindly call each other gorgeous, but when compared to eachother forget said claimed beauty

Man:*holding up picture of lizzo* "rate this woman on a scale of one to 10"
Woman:"OMG 10 ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS"
Man:"You don't thing she's fat?"
Woman:"Omg no whats wrong with you why would you say that"
Man:"I think you look like her"
Woman:"OMG ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT HOW DARE YOU"
Man:*holding up picture of a morbidly obese woman* rate this woman on a scale of one to 10
Woman:OMG 10 ABSOLUTLEY GORGEOUS
Man:You don't thing she's fat?
Woman:Omg no whats wrong with you why would you say that
Man:I think you look like her
Woman:OMG ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT HOW DARE YOU
Man: talk about a lizzo paradox
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Lytle Paradox

The Lytle Paradox, a perplexing enigma of academia, centers around Jacob Lytle, an exquisitely inept chemistry teacher. His grading prowess resembles a whimsical symphony of arbitrary deductions and misplaced assignments, while his classroom management skills orchestrate a chaotic ballet of disarray and bewilderment, leaving students entranced by the bewildering allure of his educational pandemonium.
The Lytle Paradox explains the true nature of Lytelian Grading Techniques.
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The Janet Paradox

When Julayne and me disclose to everyone that our Relationship was a lie. I.e. we were never a couple. We were just certifying our acting abilities in Hell.
If someone is getting too much over on Julayne's we introduce them to the Janet Paradox. Pair of Drs. Pair of Docs, Doc Martins. Air Where? Every Where.
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Urban Dictionary Paradox

When you try to make a joke definition of an Urban dictionary link, but it says can't contain links in the definition, so you remove the link and submit it, thinking the problem is resolved and your funny joke is through. But then it says definition must have word in it, but the word is the source of the other problem.
Human: I can't wait to joke about urbandictionary's blog page!
*Human goes to website, adds definition, writes 'funny' definition, presses submit*
Website: There was 1 error that prohibited this form from being submitted (Links)
Human: Ok then, I will remove the link.
Website: There was 1 error that prohibited this form from being submitted (Not having the word in the example)
Human: HELP ME, I AM IN THE Urban Dictionary Paradox!!!!!!!
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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:

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