Alden's Number

A rhetorical strategy used to call out someone who is pretending to be very knowledgeable about a topic they know nothing about.

Vaush: Have you ever heard of Alden's Number?
Nazi: Alden's Number? I believe so-
Vaush: I literally just made it up, you are so full of shit, there is no such thing as Alden's Number.

Alden's Number by BasedRedditCringe August 19, 2020

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Roderick Alden

Roderick Alden, PhD, is the Chairman of the Omaha City Council in Omaha, Nebraska. He is a pivotal swing vote on the panel, and a powerhouse in local elections. He is most notable for his doctoral thesis on IQ differences, in which he coined the term Alden's Number.

Vaush: Hey, do you know who Roderick Alden is?
Mike: No, I don't know who Roderick is.
Vaush: You don't know who fucking Roderick is and you're claiming to give a shit about the Nebraska mayoral race?

Roderick Alden by BigTony102 March 7, 2021

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Alden's Number

The number's origin is of the theory dabbling in temporally dilated thermo-dynamics which causes humans to lie. The number cannot be revealed and if one wants to find it, they must look a little harder than UrbanDictionary.

Commenter 1: I can't find Alden's Number anywhere!
Commenter 2: I guess you just haven't watched the right video
Nice Commenter 3: Alden's Number is mentioned at 6:56, on the video called 'Are Black People Genetically Inferior? CRAZY debate w/ 15 y/o Race Realist' on the channel named Vaush
Commenter 1: You cheeky b*stard, I still don't know what the actual number is :(

Alden's Number by MangoMuncher912 February 22, 2021