Demitri Sconavar’s Paradox

“If an education system’s goal is to educate and prepare its recipients for the real world, then why are the graduates so uneducated, and under prepared?”

-Demitri Sconavar

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John: “how do the leaders of our society not understand that what they’re doing is immoral and violates the human rights of a group of individuals?”

Jane: “Demitri Sconavar’s Paradox”

by Charli3 Black October 1, 2020

Steiger Paradox

In the board game Monopoly when you are at jail and try to get the free parking but missing it. You end up landing on go to jail sending you to the beginning of the process. This will continue until you eventually hit free parking getting all the money in the pot.

Anton- YES!!! I finally got free parking $800 from the pot coming my way!
Dave- Dam bro it took 3 tries but yeah you got it.
Mitch- what ever dude I don't care, but ive never seen some roll the exact same 2 rolls THREE TIMES!!!
Dave-We should call this something. How about the Steiger Paradox.
Anton- Haha perfect sounds suitable.

by The lil nazi bear that could February 25, 2011

The Battery Conservation Paradox

The decision faced when prompted with a low battery on a device such as a phone or ipod you wish to use later. Brought on by the fear that by going through the energy-consuming act of turning off the device you may actually use the last of the battery you are trying to conserve.

As Jenny needed her phone to call a cab later but had minimal battery left, she was faced with the Battery Conservation Paradox. Did she dare attempt to turn off her phone lest it die completely?

by Senormeowington October 14, 2011

The Brooks Paradox

The Brooks Paradox is a modern slang referring to a mob of people / a group of people (in some occasions , a mob supprting one person) rapidly changing their arguments to whatever sounds the most morally correct regarding a topic they are defensive about or want to "strawman" their opponents in a debate. The catch to it is that , most of the time , it consists in two ideas being proposed that fundamentally condradict each other , but the user doesn't notice it as they focus on trying to sound like the most morally correct one in the debate. The name is a reference to Shad M. Brooks' (older brother of famous artist Jazza) recent controversy on the X/Twitter platform.

Shad says : "AI art is easy to use and is meant to democratize art! Stop gatekeeping art !"
Shad also says : "AI art is a complex tool that requires months of training and skill-develloping ! Not everyone can use it by just pressing a button !"

Everyone says : "The Brooks Paradox strikes again !"

by Ben D. O'Ver November 7, 2023

The Bluey-weed Paradox

The paradox that results when one smokes or otherwise inhales cannabis then, as a full grown adult, proceeds to watch children shows all the while claiming it is an adult show, despite the show being designed for toddlers.

"My buddy keeps watching Bluey and smoking weed! He's fallen for the Bluey-weed paradox."

by Dr15$ November 12, 2023

sigma paradox

kid that calls himself a sigma hates women, he prefers men. but that's gay, and he hates gays.

kid: WOMEN SUX!!1!11 MEN SUPRMACY!!1
someone: so you prefer men over women?
kid: YEYSYESAFDSLKFDGJ
someone: that's gay
kid: EEEWWW GAY BADDD >:((
someone: huh, that's a sigma paradox..

by ArtyN November 15, 2023

Paradoxical Domino Effect

The idea that introducing or accepting a single paradox means introducing and accepting an infinite amount of subsequent other paradoxes, because of the first paradox.

The main take away here is you don't want to introduce any paradoxes to a line of reasoning or any model, because you'll have to also by proxy also accept an infinite amount of other paradoxes that are thus created by the first one as a consequence.

Paradoxical Domino Effect Example #1: God exists therefore any other god could also exist. Since God exists so could faeries, werewolves, vampires, Big Foot, and The Loch Ness monster. Since faeries could exist as a consequence of this, magic also must exist since they use magic.

Paradoxical Domino Effect Example #2: Going back in time is possible; therefore, you can go back in time and kill your own grandpa so you couldn't be born. Since you can't be born you must not exist. Since you no longer exist... wait what if going back in time is actually just a copy of the past you are going into? So there must be infinite pasts you can go into. Since there are infinite pasts you can go into...

by ApplesPotatoGardner November 18, 2023