Pen Palationship

A somewhat wrekless and possibly ill advised online relationship between to people who can’t seem to help themselves. Only applicable between dog owners carrying out such corispondance between KS and WI. Both must be vegan and be unwilling to discuss it.

Coinage credit- Ashley Louise 1/31/18

I don’t know man.... this Pen Palationship is getting pretty intense. Guess I’m spending my weekends in Milwaukee.

by MilesDogless January 31, 2018

Optimal privation

Why the privation? Do you want to know? They NEED you... To NEED Jesus and their reality monster.

Hym "So... If you DON'T ACTUALLY NEED THEIR REALITY MONSTER... Well... That's nothing a little OPTIMAL PRIVATION WON'T FIX! Then you'll have nowhere else to turn. And if you DON'T? Well, the creature will sort you out after you're dead. So, they need to manufacture it with inaction. People can be quoted saying 'Well, so-and-so could fix world hunger over night' BUT that would get rid of all the privation. No need for Jesus anymore. The church would have no one to feed to justify all of the money they are given. The poor are perpetual money farms so long as you create a perpetual state of privation. Because people are always willing to donate to charity or church. They aren't even expected to spend all of the money ON THE ACTUAL THING FOR WHICH THEY ARE BEING GIVEN THE MONEY. The don't have to show their receipts."

by Hym Iam August 14, 2023

vanticular fold phonation

that thing Alex Brightman does to make the beedlejuice voice

and you cant seem to find how he dose it on the internet

God help me please

alex can use vanticular fold phonation and go from really the sweetest man in the world to really scary dead guy

by fierysnowflakes October 11, 2019

Manu's pulation

When someone teases you in a very harmful way.

He used the Manu's pulation on me.

by Kaylings November 19, 2023

Fallacy of Absolute Privation (Fallacy of Communism Killed Millions)

A logical fallacy where someone dismisses an entire ideology, system, or idea by pointing to its worst outcomes, stripped of all context, history, and mitigating factors. The name comes from the classic "Communism killed millions" argument—which isn't false on its face, but becomes fallacious when used to end all discussion without examining specific contexts, variations, alternatives, or comparative harms. The Fallacy of Absolute Privation isolates the worst instances, treats them as the whole truth, and uses suffering as a conversation-stopper. It's not that the suffering isn't real—it's that citing it without context, comparison, or analysis is a rhetorical weapon, not an argument. Any system, ideology, or idea can be condemned by its worst expressions; the fallacy is pretending that's the end of the story.

Fallacy of Absolute Privation (Fallacy of Communism Killed Millions) "We were discussing educational reforms, and someone mentioned learning from Nordic models. Response: 'Nordic socialism? You mean like Communism that killed millions?' That's the Fallacy of Absolute Privation—conflating Nordic social democracy with Soviet communism, ignoring all context, and using historical tragedy to shut down discussion of school lunch programs."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Fallacy of Isolated Privation

A fallacy where someone takes a single isolated instance of harm, suffering, or failure and uses it to condemn an entire system, practice, or idea. Unlike Absolute Privation (which focuses on the worst historical examples), Isolated Privation grabs one anecdote—one medical error, one plane crash, one bad teacher—and treats it as representative of the whole. "One patient died from this treatment, therefore the treatment is worthless." "One plane crashed, therefore air travel is unsafe." "One priest abused a child, therefore the entire institution is evil." The isolated case may be real, but using it to condemn the whole ignores base rates, statistical reasoning, and the difference between exceptions and rules.

"My aunt tried acupuncture once and didn't feel better. Now she says 'Acupuncture is complete fraud' every time it's mentioned. That's Fallacy of Isolated Privation—one anecdote, zero context, infinite certainty. The plural of anecdote is not data, Karen."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026

Fallacy of Specific Privation

A fallacy where someone identifies a specific harm, flaw, or failure within a system and uses that specific critique to dismiss the entire system without addressing its other aspects, benefits, or complexities. The critique may be valid—the specific privation is real—but the fallacy lies in treating it as dispositive, as if acknowledging one problem means nothing else matters. "This hospital has long waiting times, therefore healthcare is completely broken." "This politician made a mistake, therefore everything they've done is worthless." "This theory has one unexplained phenomenon, therefore the whole theory is garbage." Specific Privation mistakes a part for the whole, a flaw for a failure, a critique for a conclusion.

"I pointed out one limitation in a philosophical framework I generally admire. Response: 'Aha! So you admit it's completely wrong!' That's Fallacy of Specific Privation—a valid critique of one aspect becomes, in their hands, proof that the whole thing is worthless. Criticism isn't condemnation, but try telling them that."

by Dumu The Void February 24, 2026