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Zooming in further: if these are genuine memories, where and in what form were they stored between biological deaths? What is the medium of this storage? If consciousness is a product of the brain, it dies with it. If it's non-local, how does it interface with a new, distinct brain to produce specific, sensorimotor recollections? The problem isn't just proving they exist, but explaining the how in a way that doesn't break known neuroscience.
Example: "The boy's vivid 'memory' of dying as a pilot involved the specific smell of burning engine oil. The hard problem of past life memories: even if we accept a soul, how does a non-physical entity 'remember' a purely physical sensation like smell, and then encode that memory into the new, different neural architecture of a toddler's brain?"
by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026
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Appeal to Real Life Fallacy

The fallacy of dismissing an argument, theory, or principle because it doesn't match the speaker's personal, anecdotal, or perceived "common sense" experience of "real life." It privileges a specific, often limited, lived experience over systematic evidence, abstract reasoning, or the experiences of others. It's a variant of the anecdotal fallacy that claims the gritty, messy "real world" invalidates cleaner models or ideals.
Appeal to Real Life Fallacy Example: "Your economic theory about universal basic income sounds nice in a textbook, but in real life—which you'd know if you ever ran a small business—people would just stop working." This dismisses studies and pilots by appealing to a singular, entrenched view of how "real life" (often meaning a competitive, transactional world) supposedly operates.
by Abzugal February 3, 2026
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Bartholomew 4 Life

A non-profit organization that spreads joy and love via plush seal mascots.
Person A: Do you know about Bartholomew 4 Life?
Person B: Yea! I got them to come and visit my town while they were on one of their tours!
by nohlkan February 13, 2026
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Shit at life

A person that is truely shit at living
Check that putrid asshole over there out . The fuckwitt is 55 has 9 kids and still doesn’t have a
Job The cock head can’t even manage to report to Centerlink . His dad should have done his mum a favour and wiped his cock on the curtin . The mutt is straight up shit at life .
by Fukwergoodatlife March 13, 2026
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Jargon Based Life Form

A human that is quite ambitious and works in private industry and speaks excessively in odd industry terms. These individuals are typically middle management all the way to the top of companies and they constantly spout statements that are popular at the time, jargon and specific to whatever is in fashion in their industry. A good example as of early 2026 would be the CEO of a massive burger restaurant chain taking a tiny bite of a cheese burger and calling it a "product." Suspiciously avoiding any language that may cause the viewer to think the product was actually food.

Investigations indicate that all MBA students are trained to be Jargon Based Life Forms.
I was shocked to be the only non jargon based life form in that board meeting.
by Dr Cornelius Higginbotham March 13, 2026
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caged plutonium which is a transuranic material that has a half-life of 24,065 years, making it decay (into different elements) inside a zinc-aluminum hull (the aluminum delicates due to the radiation and thus might crumble depending on the weight of plutonium-239) but doesn't rust as easily due to the zinc coating
"Our team have created a simulation of the half-life decay of plutonium-239 in a zinc-aluminum material lined caging scenario."
by outrageously long vocabulary November 26, 2024
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suburban private life

Suburban private life is that part of your life that you keep hidden, keep to yourself, or just generally do not want the general public to know about nor to be involved in. The suburban part is simply you are living in the suburbs, so your private life is suburban.

It can also be the private part of your life (as above) that you would like to keep to yourself, but for whatever reason you are not able to keep it to yourself or keep it hidden. Once again since you live in the suburbs it is a suburban private life.

Ted Rimmel Jr's (me) suburban private life was absolutely laid bare whenever proof positive occurred that the rumors and gossip that Ted's mother is also his girlfriend were all true and accurate all along. Basically you could say Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life instantly became Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban public life, whether I was ready for that to happen or not. Ted Rimmel Jr's suburban private life is long gone.
"Oh man, Oh man, oh my. I knew when Ted Rimmel Jr got caught in the act with his mother that Ted's suburban private life would be no longer private. It is sort of Ted's suburban public life now, hahaha."

"Yeah hahaha. Just imagine how Ted felt. Sort of a double whammy. Suddenly it becomes known that his mother is his girlfriend. That had to be a shock realizing you have just been exposed as dating your mom, your own mom, has to be embarrassing. Then the double whammy that that nugget of news is way too interesting to keep to one's self, so everybody is going to talk about it over and over. Then the shocker Ted knew was coming, his extra hidden suburban private life was indeed now public. Poor Ted, hahahaha."
by Ted Rimmel Jr December 4, 2024
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