postcode file

A file format created by Microsoft in Windows 11 when set to UK English. Normally, when you right-click to compress a file, the context menu says "compress to postcode file" instead of the expected "compress to zip file."

Blimey! Windows 11's translation hiccup has left me in stitches. Trying to zip my files results in a 'postcode file' suggestion. I guess my digital documents are off to afternoon tea with His Majesty's postmen!

by play4me June 8, 2023

postmodernism

Postmodernism is a philosophy that holds that there are no such things as truth, facts, or objective reality, and such concepts are oppressive tools of the white male power structure. A common postmodernist refrain is "Perception is reality". Rather than there being an objective reality that everyone is perceiving through lenses that can and do contain distortions, postmodernism teaches that reality is different for every person, and there is no such thing as a false narrative. An old expression says that "There are three sides to every story: yours, mine, and the cold, hard truth". Postmodernism gets rid of that third side. Everybody's worldview, right down to the mentally disturbed person screaming on the subway about the end times, is equally valid. Young-earth creationists, flat-earthers, anti-vaxxers, and Q-Anon cultists are taken seriously, and have followings, because of postmodernism. Before postmodernism, these people would have been roundly dismissed as idiots, and rational minds would set the record straight.

We went from there being three news channels that admittedly told a slanted narrative, to one where there are millions of "news sources" to choose from to fit your own personal narrative. And we went from one stifling, oppressive (usually religiously-driven) set of moral standards, to NO moral standards whatsoever, and complete moral relativism. Because no answers is better than one answer, and you must NEVER tell a person that they're wrong.

When I was a kid I was foolishly taught that the sky was blue, but now, thanks to postmodernism, I know that the sky is whatever color a person believes it to be.

by q359 June 25, 2023

postcode lottery

a situation in which someone's access to health services or medical treatment is determined by the area of the country in which they live.

Dave: My grandmother has been on the waiting list for a hip replacement for ages, this woman that lives a street away got it in a month, it’s a Postcode Lottery

by TheAnonymousVigilante November 21, 2023

Postcode wars

Postcode wars: A gang phenomenon in the UK, mostly in big cities, where rival gangs clash based on their postcodes. These conflicts can involve stabbings, shootings, and murders, often putting innocent members of the public at risk. Prison authorities sometimes assess inmates’ gang and postcode affiliations to prevent these wars from spilling over behind bars.

Lee: Bruv, what’s all this about postcode wars, in the news is it postmen fighting each other?
Frank: LOL, no you muppet! it means gang warfare in big city's bruv.
Lee: Get you Bruv LOL.
Frank: LOL.

by Jamie Cheese January 27, 2026

Postmodernism Equals False Fallacy

The blanket assertion that any claim associated with "postmodernism" is automatically false, confused, or dangerous. The fallacy lies in treating a diverse, complex intellectual tradition as a monolithic error, and in using the label as a refutation rather than engaging specific ideas. "That's just postmodernism" becomes a conversation-ender, as if naming the tradition does the work of critique. But postmodernism includes many thinkers with different views; some may be right, some wrong, most complex. The label isn't the argument.

Postmodernism Equals False Fallacy "I mentioned that knowledge might be socially constructed. Response: 'That's just postmodern nonsense!' That's Postmodernism Equals False Fallacy—using the label as a dismissal. But the social construction of knowledge is a serious claim with evidence behind it. Whether it's 'postmodern' or not doesn't determine its truth. The label isn't the logic."

by Dumu The Void February 28, 2026

Postmodernista Es Fallacy

A fallacy where someone dismisses all arguments of a person by labeling them a "postmodernist." The label functions as a dismissal: if you're postmodernist, your arguments are automatically confused, relativist, or nihilistic. The fallacy lies in treating the label as refutation, ignoring that postmodernism is a diverse tradition with serious thinkers and that labeling someone doesn't engage their actual claims. It's intellectual dismissal by category association.

"I mentioned that knowledge might be socially constructed. Response: 'Oh, you're one of those postmodernists.' That's Postmodernista Es Fallacy—using the label to dismiss, not engaging the claim. Social construction of knowledge is a serious position; calling it 'postmodernist' doesn't refute it. It just shows you'd rather name-call than think."

by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026

Postmodernism Scaremongering

The strategic use of exaggerated threats about postmodernism to justify intellectual orthodoxy, dismiss critique, and shut down legitimate inquiry. Postmodernism scaremongering treats any questioning of grand narratives, any attention to language and power, any skepticism about universal truth claims as the first step toward nihilism, barbarism, and the destruction of civilization itself. It's the op-ed warning that teaching Derrida will lead to fascism; the pundit who blames every social ill on "postmodern relativism"; the academic who uses "postmodernism" as a slur to dismiss any approach they don't like without engaging its actual arguments. The scaremongering serves power by making critique itself seem dangerous—painting those who question foundations as enemies of reason, when they might just be asking reasonable questions about whose reason counts.

Example: "He blamed postmodernism for everything from political polarization to declining test scores—never defining what he meant, just using it as a bogeyman. Pure Postmodernism Scaremongering: fighting shadows instead of arguments."

by Dumu The Void March 14, 2026