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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.
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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

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

Alden Detmuh 

"Hey look at that hot girl over there."
"Yeah, I'm Alden Detmuhing over her."
Alden Detmuh by DetmuhFanClub March 1, 2022
Alden is Alden. His motives are unknown
Oh! Theres Alden!
Alden by Gelatenousfelines888 March 17, 2019

General Alden 

The name of a general that President Biden should have listened to
James: Regarding the withdrawal from Afghanistan, do you believe that General Alden's plan could have saved lives?

Rob: