Soyence is the abuse of science (or pseudoscience) to push a political agenda. In soyence, data is cherry picked or even invented to prove a supposed point. Anything which contradicts it is ignored, or accused of being patriarchal etc. Unlike real science, it does not tolerate multiple viewpoints, or require proper peer review. Like real science, it does change, but only to support whatever political viewpoint is fashionable this week.
"Have a look at this article in the Guardian which says gravity is a social construct and discriminates against big people."
"Nah, mate, that's just soyence."
"It's really ageist not allowing ten year olds to drive trucks. Scientists say they have great communication skills and spatial awareness."
"That's soyence too."
"Fact check: Humans are just another type of animal, and chimps share 99% of our DNA. Therefore chimps should be given complete human rights."
A phenomenon in film/television series, most notably streaming series, where the main premise is drawn out to such a point that it takes an entire season or more to get the parts of the series the audience is actually interested in seeing.
For example, if a series is titled "Surf Dracula," a majority of viewers would tune in expecting to see Dracula surfing by the first or second episode. However, the entire first season would instead be tedious padding and backstory before finally ending with Dracula surfing in the last five minutes of the season finale.
I watched "Smallville" on Netflix the other day. Dude, it was ten seasons of filler before he finally flew! Major Surf Dracula Syndrome!
Finding your way back to the truth by fixing on one verified fact and working out from there, the way you navigate by the North Star when everything around you is spinning.
Rumours were flying everywhere, so she went northstarring — one checked fact at a time.
A plate of brown consists of foods that have little to no nutritional value, and are typically deep fried. A true plate of brown will also be accompanied by a dark soda.
When finance content creators rent out fancy cars and flexcash to seem richer than they really are in order to promote and sell their “get rich quick” courses.