Hym "He isn't even selling the Peterson Academy TO THE STUDENTS. He's talking straight TO the employees! The ad is literally HIM (Not me Hym but HIM, him) selling the students TO the employers BEFORE HE EVEN HAS ANY STUDENTS! 'I don't have any mandingos NOW but when I do they'll be the best mandingos around! So buy-er "hire them preferentially" from me! MY mandingos will be high in trait conscientiousness and general cognitive ability' It's insane! And I would know! I mean, at least when I dehumanize people THEY have (on some level) dehumanized ME FIRST! But he doesn't even acknowledge the students as a reality. What are the students getting? I still don't know."
by Hym Iam September 29, 2023
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by atd88 October 26, 2008
Get the The AD Project mug.a sarcastic way to complain about the video advertisements you have to watch before certain streaming videos a la online news, hulu, etc. incidentally also a tongue-in-cheek jab at the old myspace practice of saying "thanks for the add" when a total stranger accepts your friend request.
I don't care about feminine hygiene, I just want to see the 'Dramatic Squirrel' video! Thanks for the ad...
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Get the Own the ad for this word mug.The principle that arguments, explanations, or solutions constructed for a specific purpose, without broader application, can be valid within that specific context even if they fail elsewhere. The law acknowledges that ad hoc reasoning—devised for the occasion, not generalizable—has its place. In emergency response, ad hoc solutions save lives; in scientific discovery, ad hoc hypotheses guide research; in everyday life, ad hoc explanations get us through the day. The problem arises when ad hoc validity is mistaken for general validity—when the explanation that works for this one case is treated as a universal law. The law of the ad hoc validity reminds us that context matters, and that validity is not binary but situational.
Example: "His excuse for being late—traffic, then a train, then a stray dog—was ad hoc, invented for the occasion. But it was valid ad hoc: it explained this specific lateness to this specific boss on this specific day. The law of the ad hoc validity said: it works for this case; don't try to generalize it. His boss accepted it, which was all that mattered."
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Example: "Her ad hoc solution to the scheduling conflict—swapping shifts with a colleague, then covering for someone else, then working through lunch—created a possibility that didn't exist before: everyone got what they needed, for one day only. The law of the ad hoc possibility said: this is what ad hoc does—it creates possibilities. The schedule went back to chaos tomorrow, but today worked."
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Exalothorn: "I doubt it, but hey, it's worth a shot!"
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