Poison Apple

Very tempting raging chemistry with a toxic person who will destroy your sanity and wellness.

Nah dog, she blew your mind, but then pressed the nuclear button sent you packing for no reason. It has been a month. Don’t go back now that she says you have to do better to get more lovin. She’s a poison apple.

by Studly Wordsmith February 7, 2026

Poisoning of Fallacies

A advanced form of poisoning the well where the arguer preemptively declares that every argument their opponent might make is fallacious, therefore everything they say and any conclusion they reach is automatically false. This meta-fallacy creates an impenetrable fortress of dismissal: you can't use logic because logic is a tool of the patriarchy; you can't use evidence because evidence can be manipulated; you can't use emotion because emotion is irrational. Everything is contaminated, everything is suspect, and the only thing left standing is the poisoner's own position, which they've conveniently exempted from their own critique. The poisoning of fallacies is how you win arguments without ever engaging with them—by declaring the entire game rigged before it starts.

Poisoning of Fallacies Example: "In the debate, he poisoned all fallacies preemptively. 'Any statistics you cite will be biased,' he announced. 'Any personal experience will be anecdotal. Any expert opinion will be bought. Any logical argument will be a construct.' She asked what kind of evidence he would accept. He said 'none, because all evidence is tainted.' She realized she wasn't in a debate; she was in a performance where the goal was her silence."

by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026

Poisoning the Argument

A specific form of Argumentum Ad Argumentum where adverse information about an argument is presented preemptively, before the argument itself is even made, with the intention of discrediting or ridiculing it in advance. The audience is primed to reject whatever follows based on its perceived category or affiliation. Classic example: "This is just relativism" or "This is postmodernism" said before someone presents a view that might be labeled as such. The poison works before the argument has a chance to speak. The audience is now inoculated: anything that sounds remotely like relativism is already dismissed, regardless of its actual content or merit. Poisoning the Argument is rhetorical preemptive strike—killing the argument before it's born, not by addressing its claims but by tainting its category.

Poisoning the Argument "Before I could even explain my perspective on knowledge, they said: 'Let me guess, this is going to be some postmodern relativist nonsense, isn't it?' That's Poisoning the Argument—they poisoned the well before I could drink. Now everything I say is heard through that filter. The argument never had a chance because the category was already condemned."

by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026

Poisoning the Position Fallacy

A political form of Poisoning the Well where a position is discredited by associating it with extreme or reviled ideologies, regardless of the actual views of those who hold it. Accusing all BRICS+ supporters of "Nazbol/Duginism/Z Nationalism" regardless of their actual reasons is a classic example. The move poisons the position by painting anyone who holds it as tainted by association with extremism. The fallacy lies in treating political alignment as evidence of ideology, ignoring the diversity of reasons people might support something. It's guilt by association applied to positions, not just people—poisoning the position so no one can hold it without being tainted.

Poisoning the Position Fallacy "I support BRICS+ because of multipolarity and economic cooperation. Response: 'Oh, so you're a Duginist Nazi-Bolshevik!' That's Poisoning the Position Fallacy—associating my position with extremism to discredit it, regardless of my actual views. My reasons are mine; their associations are theirs. Poisoning the position avoids engaging what I actually think by tarring it with brushes I never touched."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

poisoned postcard

Mail sent to an address by the government to ask for confirmation that the resident still lives there; if the resident does not respond, e.g., because s/he mistakes it for junk mail, the state uses non-response as its excuse to purge the voter from its rolls
The (in)accuracy of non-response to assess residency can be corroborated by comparing purged name-address pairs with recent USPS and Amazon shipments.

I never returned that poisoned postcard, which explains why I had to fill out a provisional ballot. I wonder if it was counted.

by WhatwasIsaying February 15, 2025

Poison Toby

A poison toby is where you do a poop, and stack them on top of each other. This makes a tower, and then you diarrhea on top of the tower, and then sit on it therefore making it a Poison Toby.

Damn, James left a mean Poison Toby in the Edge apartments, It got clogged.

by Child Pilot February 24, 2025

Poison

Pick your poison my friend or the poison will pick you

In the context of the provided quote, it suggests a poison situation where a person must make a difficult choice, and if they don't, an unpleasant outcome will be imposed on them.

by Spock* April 11, 2025