Occam's Toilet Brush

Technique of philosophical discourse wherein the most obvious and simple explanation must be pointedly ignored to allow discussion of weak and immediately falsifiable alternatives. Used primarily to draw out a discussion with minimal danger of actually reaching a resolution.

"Maybe I'm overthinking this. Maybe I'm not transgendered. Maybe it's just internalized misogyny. Maybe I'm really a self-hating lesbian."
"Yeah, that you've been miserable all your life unless when identifying as male isn't worth considering. Dude, you're totally using Occam's Toilet Brush."

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Occam's Toilet Brush

Technique of philosophical discourse wherein the most obvious and simple explanation must be pointedly ignored to allow discussion of weak and immediately falsifiable alternatives. Used primarily to draw out a discussion with minimal danger of actually reaching a resolution.

"Maybe I'm overthinking this. Maybe I'm not transgender. Maybe it's just internalized misogyny. Maybe I'm really a self-hating lesbian."
"Yeah, that you've been miserable all your life except when identifying as male isn't worth considering. Dude, you're totally using Occam's Toilet Brush."

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Jurassic Park Syndrome

The condition arising when writers/producers feel compelled to put the focus (and spend undue screen time) on human characters in a movie that people are going to see mainly for its depiction of dinosaurs, giant robots, or other action/effects phenomena.

Yeah, the Transformers movie was cool.. when it finally *got* to the Transformers, instead of that kid. That was total Jurassic Park Syndrome.

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NOW THYS

Acronym: "No-One Wants To Hear Your Shit."

"I've had a really rough day; NOW THYS."

Romero's Wager

The principle that being prepared for impending zombie apocalypse is the safer bet than not being prepared, as the loss if one is incorrect is minuscule in relation to the reward if one is correct.

"Dude? Why do you have a chainsaw and a sawed-off in your umbrella stand?"

"Romero's Wager, man."

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contexplanatory

Easily understandable from context.

Most people couldn't quite tell you what "corollary" means, but usually it's safe to use because it's contexplanatory.

comesimte

/KOH-meh-SIM-teh/ or /KOH-meh-SIM-tay/

The serene feeling of wellbeing similar to post-orgasmic afterglow, but which does not actually derive from orgasm or specifically sexual activity.

It's a good day. Everything's giving off an aura of comesimte.

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