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The rules were you guys weren't going to fact check 

One of the dumbest things to come out of Sen. J.D. Vance's mouth during the 2024 Vice Presidential Debate against Gov. Tim Walz.
"The rules were you guys weren't going to fact check." -J.D. Vance

October 1, 2024

as a matter of fact, it isn't 

The best response to a derogatory or sarcastic remark.
Vegeta: Is that okay?
Tien: As a matter of fact, it isn't!

I don't have the facts to back this up 

A phrase said prior to any ridiculous statement to give the illusion of validity.
"Now, I don't have the facts to back this up, but I believe Herman Cain was born in Indonesia."

couldn't organize a fistfuck in a glove factory

Extremely disorganized, incompetent, or completely lacking in managerial or personnel skills. Often results in a jug fuck or clusterfuck. Is related to the peter principle.

Traditionally used in military/business culture.
"Bob's putting together the presentation for Biggie Corp? Aw shit, he couldn't organize a fistfuck in a glove factory."

Facts don't care about your feelings 

A fancy way of saying "I'm right and you're wrong" popularised by our supreme leader Ben Shapiro
Bel Shantiro- "facts don't care about your feelings"

*reality collapses because it can't handle such an intelligent, heartfelt, irrefutable and well argued point*

Bem Shaliro- "another liberal owned"
The striver is an interesting phenomenon that is seen across college campuses. In essence, the striver is an over-achiever who comes from a working or middle class family. He may be an immigrant. He may have been a slacker in HS who was "born again" into an academic wunderkind. Or he may just be an over-achiever who is keeping at it.

The striver is willing to sacrifice his social life at the expense of Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude. The striver is the guy who stays at the library long after you are gone. The striver is the guy who takes 30 credits/semester and considers anything below an A/4.0 failure. The striver doesn't work on campus, he is too busy finding ways to pad his resume instead of working retail or workstudy. The striver lets his grades pay his education by applying to ten scholarships a year.

The striver is a future Soros/Fullbright/Rhodes/Gates/Marshall/etc. fellow. The striver lives to study. For the striver, their fun comes from the rewards they expect to receive in return for their diligence. Be it Law School, B-School, academia, or politics. The striver seeks to find the American Dream through academic success.
Anthony was a striver. He transfered from a TTT to an IVY and graduated in 2 years. He studied his ass off and went to Penn Law. He got a Biglaw offer. But lost it all because of an unmoderated mesasgeboard.

Successful strivers:
- Barack Obama
- Harold Koh
Striver by URM Striver January 3, 2009
Word of the Day on August 15, 2026