the paradox

Start by fucking your girl from behind. Pull out briefly and have your hidden friend quickly take your place. Then go outside and wave at her from a window.

Will you help me with the paradox with my girl tonight.

the paradox by Lazlomatic April 20, 2018

The Paradox of Minimalism

The Paradox of Minimalism may be summed up in one sentence:

"If less is more, how little is too much?"

There are NIL Google results for that phrase, a quotation now attributable to Possom Cohen, New Zealand.

Time becomes more valuable as one ages. This is a classic example of the Paradox of Minimalism.
The Paradox of Minimalism is related to the passage of time and to The Holiday Paradox.

Why Does Time Seem to Speed Up with Age?
July 1, 2016
Scientific American

Bonnie Raitt addressed the passage of time and the Paradox of Minimalism in her song "Nick Of Time."

Bonnie Raitt - Nick Of Time

"I see my folks are getting on
And I watch their bodies change
I know they see the same in me
And it makes us both feel strange

No matter how you tell yourself
It's what we all go through
Those lines are pretty hard to take
When they're staring back at you

Oh Oh Oh, scared you'll run out of time

When did the choices get so hard
With so much more at stake
Life gets mighty precious
When there's less of it to wa-a-a-aste

Mmm-m-m-m-m-m
Mmmmmmm, scared you'll run out of time"

+

There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the food at this place is really terrible." The other one says, "Yeah, I know; and such small portions." Well, that's essentially how I feel about life - full of loneliness, and misery, and suffering, and unhappiness, and it's all over much too quickly.”

― Woody Allen, Annie Hall: Screenplay

The Paradox of Minimalism is epitomized in the opening sentence of this 2016 New York Times article:

"It has become an ostentatious ritual of consumerist self-sacrifice; people who have it all now seem to prefer having nothing at all."

The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
By Kyle Chayka
July 26, 2016
NYTimes

The Paradox of Minimalism also describes some very rich people giving away most of their material possessions.

“The richer you are, the less you have.”

Another ironic example of the Paradox of Minimalism is the recent KonMari decluttering craze:

konmari.com

The Paradox of Minimalism by Primary Producer NZ April 11, 2022

Pass the Paradox 

The golden rule of only taking two hits of rosin extracts, the grandaddy of cannabis concentrates, and then passing to the next person.

Yo, pass the paradox.

Pass the Paradox by dabitokeitaddit June 6, 2021

Angel Jose Robles's Digital Paradox Studios Logo Will Be A Circular Spartan Helmet With The Asclepios And Asclepius Symbol As A Scar Because The Irony Will Be The Paradox 

Angel Jose Robles's Digital Paradox Studios Logo Will Be A Circular Spartan Helmet With The Asclepios And Asclepius Symbol As A Scar Because The Irony Will Be The Paradox

Angel Jose Robles's Digital Paradox Studios Logo Will Be A Circular Spartan Helmet With The Asclepios And Asclepius Symbol As A Scar Because The Irony Will Be The Paradox

Angel Jose Robles's Digital Paradox Studios Logo Will Be A Circular Spartan Helmet With The Asclepios And Asclepius Symbol As A Scar Because The Irony Will Be The Paradox by HernandezToRodriguezScapeGoat April 6, 2025

The Trump Paradox 

The Trump Paradox — The idea that after observing his campaign and four years of his administration, people would still vote for Donald J. Trump. This actually isn’t the Trump Paradox, it’s THE AMERICAN PARADOX.

What this actually says is that about 40% of Americans are actually good with antisemitism, chauvinism, jingoism, racism, fascism,

sexism, and unwanted rapey male jism.

If any of the -isms apply to you; the, it is unlikely that you are surprised by this. The people who are surprised by this is the people who would vote for Trump because “he’s a man of his times”; they “don’t necessarily like Trump, but they love his policies”; think “minorities, immigrants and women expect to much”; and that “we should save American for Americans”.

Which just means that they don’t know the meaning of the words: antisemitism, chauvinism, jingoism, racism, fascism,

sexism, and unwanted rapey male jism — or that those words apply to them. Maybe THIS is the true paradox.

With apologies to Emma Lazarus, The New Colossus, The tired, The poor, The hungry, and the huddled masses yearning to be free.

The Trump Paradox: many people hate the man but love his policies — which means they are just hiding their true feeling about society behind smiles and neoliberalism.

The Trump Paradox by Mind Hunter the Profiler May 11, 2023

The Midwit Paradox 

The Midwit Paradox is a phenomenon where a midwit or group of midwits cannot understand an out groups arguments, because they can't spot fallacious arguments that they and their own in group makes. How can anyone expect them to understand out group concepts & ideas when they can't spot the most blatant and openly fallacious mistakes of their own ideas?

Example of The Midwit Paradox:

Midwit: Significant disparities between racial groups can only be indicative of environmental or genetic reasons, and that any environmental factor must be racism!
Rationalist: That's a black & white fallacy. That is erroneous because many environmental factors such as culture, religion, and the differing traditional values, or various nuances that come with them are based on free choice. Anyone spouting what you are arguing via reductio ad absurdum would be forced to conclude that free will is somehow racist... which is ridiculous.
Midwit: No it's not, you're just rambling nonsense! The experts agree with me! That's not the consensus! SOUUUURRRCEEE? You're bad and a newtsee! Anyone else who agrees with you is also bad and a newtsee/boogeyman! REEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!
Rationalist: *Facepalm*

The Midwit Paradox by ApplesPotatoGardner October 17, 2023

Eric the Midget Paradox 

Noun: A phenomenon attributed to living things, usually persons, who suffer afflictions that would normally elicit sympathy and compassion, but as a consequence of repellent behavior instead attract denigration and/or hostility.

Derived from Eric the Midget of the Howard Stern Show.

"I just saw a blind guy beating his dog with his cane! He was a classic exemplar of the Eric the Midget Paradox!"

Eric the Midget Paradox by Zoinker March 26, 2008