Recheck all of your biases

Usually said in response to someone saying check your privilege in response to a bias incident that involves more than one type of discrimination, one of which is a nonmainstream type of discrimination like Speciesism, this is said to remind people to keep all of their biases and privileges, including the ones that come from nonmainstream types of discrimination, in check before evaluating and or responding to bias incidents and an individual’s circumstances

Jamard: I heard that some guy and his Hispanic ex-girlfriend got into a custody fight over their pet dog. They gave the dog to the woman, even though she has a lengthy criminal record. They should have given it to the guy.

Owen: Hey. You’re a straight, Caucasian male. Check your privilege.
Jamard: Dude, recheck all of your biases. The woman is upper middle class, had a criminal record, and some of those charges were for neglecting to take proper care of their previous pets. She also had cheated on her ex-boyfriend with some famous street rapper from Miami, Florida. Would you care to enlighten me about how it is acceptable that a person with that type of background was given custody of the dog?
Owen: Point taken. You’re right.

by Vanguard 1998 March 17, 2021

Back Issue Bias

The belief that a magazine's back issues are inherently less worthy than the current issue

Magazine shops with Back Issue Bias destroy old magazines or charge publishers to return them.

by hamam&co June 12, 2022

Player naming bias

When in a sports debate, the other person thinks just naming all the players of a team makes them good. Being able to rattle off several random players doesn’t make them good.

“Dude, Lebron had no help on those early Cavs teams”

“Bro yes he did, they had Larry Hughes, Drew Gooden, Eric Snow, and Sasha Pavlovic”

“That’s just player naming bias, those dudes were all bums”

This is applicable to any sport, not just basketball as in this example.

by MCTrApLoRd June 7, 2023

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 Bias

The subconscious psychological engine that drives us to interpret information, attribute causes, and remember events in ways that flatter our self-image and protect our self-esteem. We attribute our successes to skill and effort (internal factors) and our failures to bad luck or external circumstances. It's the brain's auto-tune for life's recording, making you always sound just a little bit more in tune and talented than you actually were.

Example: "When he aced the project, it was due to his brilliant strategic mind. When he botched the presentation, it was because the projector was faulty, the audience was tired, and he had a mild headache. That's self-serving bias: the internal narrator of his life story is a shameless, flattering publicist hired by his own ego."

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Historical Normality Bias

The fallacy of judging past societies, actions, or norms by the standards of the present, or conversely, of justifying outdated, harmful practices by arguing "that was normal at the time." In its dismissive form, it's used to invalidate modern moral critiques of historical figures by claiming a lack of historical context. More perniciously, it's used to defend the persistence of antiquated injustices by appealing to their historical commonality.

Example: Defending a founding father's slaveholding by saying, "It was normal then, you can't judge him," commits the Historical Normality Bias. It uses historical descriptivism ("it was common") to avoid moral judgment, implying that collective moral failure excuses individual participation in atrocity.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026