concern trolling

When a person gaslights you into feeling or looking vulnerable or needy for their fake help and hence, inferior. It's a way of domineering over you by establishing a power dynamic where they get to control your life, order you around and you're supposed to feel grateful to be treated like a dog. May be part of a smear campaign, triangulation and poisoning the well of your general reputation. Common to narcissists but everyone has done this at some point, we usually grow out of it after school. They will interrogate you for slander and ruin under the guise of politeness. Social sabotage and attempted social murder.

e.g. "I'm just worried about you" or "are you okay? you seem XYZ" Classic form of concern trolling, weaponised by controlling men and women who otherwise have no recourse to control you in that situation. May speak to you like an abusive parent to a naughty child. Boundary violation is the purpose.
"People have been talking about you so I just came to check how you are." Triangulation method, they're the problem. They are smearing you.
"You look terrible/tired" or "You seem so sad, secretly, can I help?" Interference and belittlement gaslights.
"Are you SURE you're okay?" wearing you down with resistance to their interrogations. Happens in the workplace too.

by paint88 June 30, 2024

Concepts of Thoughts and Tariffs

Something said to people who voted for the cheeto and are now regretting it. Origin: a play on when Donny T said he had "concepts of a plan," combined with "thoughts and prayers." "Prayers" being replaced with "tariffs" for those who didn't know how tariffs worked and are now about to face the consequences of their own actions.

Person A: "Oh no, my family is cutting me off because of who I voted for!!!!!"
Person B: "Oh well, concepts of thoughts and tariffs to you. I have concepts of sympathy for you."

by Pialinist November 17, 2024

concept blindness

Concept blindness refers to the inability to perceive or understand certain ideas, concepts, or realities, often due to a lack of necessary knowledge or vocabulary to describe them. This term can be applied in various contexts, including social and cultural understanding.

In the context of social and cultural issues, concept blindness can manifest as an inability to recognize or address systemic problems such as racism or environmental destruction. This occurs when individuals lack the concepts and language to describe and understand these issues, leading to ignorance or misunderstanding of their existence and impact.

by el.manni.23 January 25, 2025

concept of a plan

An idea or mental representation of what the plan would be. It involves a state of deep, pretentious thinking over what you will plan of. Coined by Donald Trump.

Person 1: Hey! Where are we going off to today?
Person 2: I have a concept of a plan.
Person 1: You sure you're still not under the influence?

by repufolklore February 3, 2025

Concentrated salt laser

The thing that you use to season your country breakfast

Good morning, Amanda! Oh this junky concentrated salt laser still isn't working right. It needs to be fixed, right away! Who can eat breakfast like this? >:

by Bellisakitty February 5, 2025

Concept Problem of Pseudoscience

The philosophical and practical dead-end that arises from defining any system of thought primarily by what it is not—namely, "not science." This critique argues that the label "pseudoscience" is often an empty, authoritarian slur used not for genuine epistemological analysis, but to enforce a naive scientism that treats science as an infallible priesthood regulating truth and morality. The real issue isn't whether something is "not science" (philosophy, art, and religion aren't science either), but whether a system fails on its own terms while parasitically mimicking the superficial structure of scientific discourse. True "pseudoscience" is characterized by internal contradiction, resistance to correction, and a failure to describe reality, all while cosplaying as science to borrow unearned authority. The "Concept Problem" exposes that attacking something for "not being science" is as meaningless as calling an elephant a "pseudo-hippopotamus"; it's a negative, power-based definition that reveals more about the labeler's ideological rigidity than the target's substantive flaws.

Example: "Calling astrology 'pseudoscience' runs into the Concept Problem. Astrology hasn't claimed to be a natural science for centuries; it's a symbolic system. The real pseudoscience is a flat-earth video that uses sciency-looking graphs and jargon to 'debunk' NASA, while ignoring its own internal contradictions and evidence. The first is 'not-science,' the second is anti-science disguised as science—and conflating the two just turns 'pseudoscience' into a thought-terminating cliché for anything outside the current dogma." Concept Problem of Pseudoscience

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026

Concept Problem of Cult

The intellectual dead-end you reach when the word "cult" expands to describe literally everything, rendering it conceptually meaningless. If every fitness program, skincare brand, political party, and hobby group is a "cult," then the term stops identifying a specific, dangerous type of social organization and just becomes a lazy synonym for "things people are really into that I don't like". This overuse is a "Concept Problem" because it destroys the word's analytical utility. We end up in pointless debates about whether "Swifties are a cult" instead of using a clear, evidence-based model (like the BITE model of authoritarian control) to identify groups that actually destroy autonomy and cause harm.

Example: "The podcast spent two hours debating if 'CrossFit is a cult.' That's the whole Concept Problem of Cult right there. Instead of applying a real framework for control, they just listed things members are passionate about. By that logic, my grandma's intense bridge club is a cult because they have a strict hierarchy, special jargon, and think all other card games are inferior. The word means nothing now except 'organized enthusiasm that seems weird to outsiders.'"

by AbzuInExile January 31, 2026