Proofshitpost

The aggressive, bad-faith demand for impossible or irrelevant levels of formal proof ("peer-reviewed studies only") to discredit an opponent's lived experience or a well-established social fact. The goal isn't to get proof, but to move the goalposts indefinitely, knowing the demand can't be met in the context, thereby declaring victory by default.

Proofshitpost Example: When presented with statistics and personal testimonies about systemic racism, a responder says, "I'll need a double-blind, controlled study where identical twins of different races apply for the same jobs, or this is just correlation. Until then, I don't believe you." This is proofshitposting—using an inappropriate standard of "proof" from hard science to invalidate social reality and halt discourse.

by Dumuabzu February 8, 2026