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Moon Possum

A racial slur against foreign invaders of planet earth or aliens.
by BritishAsshole March 25, 2024
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good postmidnight

A greeting or farewell said in the period between 12:00 AM (midnight) until 5:59 AM, known as postmidnight, wee hours, small hours, wee small hours, early hours, overnight, zero-dark-hundred, oh-dark-hundred, zero-dark-thirty or oh-dark-thirty.
by Ñhy January 19, 2026
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Valid Postmodernism

The recognition that postmodernism, often dismissed as nihilistic or relativistic, contains valid insights about the nature of truth, power, and reality that are essential for navigating the contemporary world. Valid Postmodernism accepts the core postmodern critiques—that truth is constructed, that power shapes knowledge, that grand narratives are suspect—without collapsing into the conclusion that nothing is true or everything is permitted. It uses postmodern tools to clear away false certainties, expose hidden power, and open space for new possibilities, while retaining the ability to make judgments, take stands, and fight for what matters. Valid Postmodernism is postmodernism with a spine, critique with commitment, deconstruction with construction.
Example: "He'd dismissed postmodernism as nonsense, nihilism, the end of everything. Valid Postmodernism showed him otherwise: the tools of deconstruction could expose power, the critique of grand narratives could free him from dogma, the recognition that truth is constructed could make him humble. He didn't have to accept everything; he just had to question everything—including his own certainties."
by Abzugal February 21, 2026
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Scientific Postmodernism

A much-misunderstood approach that applies postmodern critique to scientific practice: questioning grand narratives of inevitable progress, exposing the power relations embedded in knowledge production, deconstructing the binary oppositions that structure scientific thought (nature/culture, objective/subjective, fact/value), and attending to the marginalized voices excluded from scientific conversation. Scientific Postmodernism doesn't deny that science produces knowledge—it denies that this knowledge comes from nowhere, serves everyone equally, or stands outside history. It's science forced to look at its own reflection, and it makes some scientists very uncomfortable.
"You think science is pure truth-seeking? Scientific Postmodernism asks: who funded the research? Whose interests does it serve? Who wasn't in the room when methods were chosen? Who benefits from this 'neutral' finding? Not because science is bad—because pretending it's innocent is dangerous."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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The application of postmodern critique to knowledge itself: questioning grand narratives of inevitable epistemic progress, exposing the power relations embedded in knowledge claims, deconstructing the binary oppositions that structure Western epistemology (reason/emotion, objective/subjective, fact/value), and attending to marginalized ways of knowing excluded from the canon. Epistemological Postmodernism doesn't deny that knowledge is possible—it denies that any knowledge comes from nowhere, serves everyone equally, or stands outside history. It's epistemology forced to look at its own reflection.
"You think Western science is just universal truth? Epistemological Postmodernism asks: whose truth? Built on whose labor? Excluding whose knowledge? Serving whose interests? Not because science is wrong—because pretending it's innocent of power is how power hides. Check your epistemological privilege."
by Abzugal February 23, 2026
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sexy postman pat

he is so sexy but Mrs groggins is sexier with her big ass nose
Person: look how sexy pat is, I should call him sexy postman pat!
Mrs. Groggins: not as sexy as me
Person: no
Mrs Groggins:*shakes chunky ass*
by tacobitch67 February 27, 2026
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Scientific Postmodernism

The application of postmodern insights to scientific knowledge—the recognition that science is not a pure reflection of reality but a human construction, shaped by social, cultural, and political forces. Scientific Postmodernism doesn't deny that science produces reliable knowledge; it insists that this knowledge is always situated, always partial, always shaped by the conditions of its production. It critiques the notion of scientific objectivity as a view from nowhere, arguing that all science is done from somewhere, by someone, for some purpose. Scientific Postmodernism is the foundation of science studies, of feminist epistemology, of every approach that takes seriously the social dimensions of scientific knowledge. It's postmodernism for the lab, the field, the journal—a reminder that science is human, all too human.
Example: "He'd been trained to see science as pure, objective, above politics. Scientific Postmodernism showed him otherwise: research agendas shaped by funding, peer review shaped by networks, publication shaped by prestige. The science was still reliable, but it was also human—constructed, situated, partial. He stopped seeing scientists as priests and started seeing them as people."
by Dumu The Void March 8, 2026
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