Habitual false confirmation bias

The tendency for an individual to wrongly come to a conclusion, largely due to that individuals obsession with a specific item or idea.

Danny states "Product X is only available on Apple IPhones, therefore Iphones are better." When in reality, Danny has an unhealthy obsession with Apple products and is rejecting the obvious signs that androids are better products. Danny is committing habitual false confirmation bias.

by I'mBetterThanYou2 December 1, 2023

And then I confirmation bias other people into believing me

He regretted it immediately!

A retard "You see, I call someone a name and then I confirmation bias other people into believing me. It's like I do the confirmation bias for you and then I expect the audience to ignore the fact that I'm an imposter."

by Hym Iam January 19, 2025

Self-Serving Confirmation Bias

The emotionally motivated tendency to seek and interpret evidence in ways that protect or enhance one's self-image. When success occurs, we confirm it was due to our skill; when failure occurs, we confirm it was due to external factors. We remember our contributions vividly and others' forgetfully. We judge our own ethically ambiguous actions by our intentions, and others' identical actions by their outcomes. This bias isn't about accuracy; it's about maintaining a coherent, positive narrative of the self.

Self-Serving Confirmation Bias Example: You ace a test and attribute it to intelligence. You fail a test and blame the unfair questions or lack of sleep. Your coworker, observing your performance, sees the opposite pattern in you. Both of you are exhibiting Self-Serving Confirmation Bias. The ego is not a neutral observer of your life; it is a lawyer, and its client—the self—is always innocent, always capable, always the hero of its own story.

by Dumu The Void February 11, 2026

conformation sniff

The act of smelling a man's penis or balls to confirm whether or not they have had vaginal intercourse. Usually done by women suspecting there significant other of cheating, occasionally done by bros to call bullshit.

Andrew "Sorry I'm late guys I was, like totally getting laid at 4:30AM and not sleeping in like a douchebage".
Connor " I'm calling bullshit your an hour late, whip out your sack so I can do a conformation sniff you lying sack of shit".

by Chocolatedabbler February 11, 2017

confirmatino

A confirmation that you will die tomorrow

Hey, you got a confirmatino letter yet, SHRAVAN?

by MLPTHEBEST February 23, 2023

conformation

Refers to either:
(1) Reassuring proof dat someone is "going along to get along", or
(2) A truthfulness-indicating buildup of material dat shows observers dat what you told them was legit.

I claimed dat visitors kept forgetting to wipe their feet before coming into my house, and da big lumps of accumulated mud on da doorstep and carpet were conformation a-plenty to back up my assertions!

by QuacksO April 6, 2023

Law of Scientific Conformations

The principle that science, like proteins, can take on many different forms—folding and refolding into diverse structures depending on context, while maintaining its essential nature. Just as a single protein can have multiple conformations that determine its function, science conforms to different shapes across disciplines, cultures, and historical periods. Physics and sociology are both science, but they're folded differently—different methods, different standards, different forms of evidence. The Law of Scientific Conformations recognizes that this diversity is not weakness but strength: science's ability to conform to different domains is what makes it universally applicable. It doesn't look the same everywhere because it can't; it adapts to what it studies.

Example: "He couldn't understand why psychology didn't look like physics—where were the elegant equations, the precise predictions? The Law of Scientific Conformations explained: psychology is science folded differently, adapted to the complexity of its subject. It's not less science; it's science in a different conformation. Both are valid; both are necessary; both are science."

by Dumu The Void February 19, 2026