Factual

A response to something that is a fact

Man: “Today is a hot day”
Other man “Factual”

by snibbu2000 June 17, 2021

Authentic Factual Response Or Mischievous Challenge?

The British way of asking Truth Or Dare

Excuse me sir Authentic Factual Response Or Mischievous Challenge?
Hmm, Frivolous Challenge
Drink tea with copious levels of sugar
Ho Ho Ho

by Funny British Guy March 30, 2025

factual donkey

A smart donkey

Omg! You are so smart, like a factual donkey.

by Factual donkey April 11, 2024

Factuality Bias

The rigid and often disingenuous demand that arguments, especially in social or political realms, must be supported only by quantifiable, hard "facts," while excluding moral reasoning, ethical principles, visionary ideals, or appeals to justice as "subjective" and therefore irrelevant. This bias artificially narrows discourse to only what can be measured, silencing debates about values, rights, and the kind of world we ought to build.

Example: In a debate about poverty reduction, one side argues from a moral imperative for human dignity. The other retorts, "Show me the facts and economic models that prove dignity increases GDP, or your argument is just feelings." This Factuality Bias attempts to reduce a moral imperative to a spreadsheet calculation, dismissing ethics as irrational.

by Dumu The Void February 4, 2026

Fallacy of Arbitrary Factuality

The error of declaring certain claims to be facts and others to be false based on nothing but personal preference or tribal allegiance, ignoring evidence, expertise, and consistency. This fallacy is how someone can believe that vaccines are dangerous despite overwhelming scientific consensus, or that an election was stolen despite dozens of court cases and audits. Facts become a la carte: you pick what's true based on what feels good, what your team believes, or what serves your interests. The fallacy of arbitrary factuality is the death of shared reality, because if facts are just whatever you want them to be, then we're not having a conversation—we're just yelling at each other from different dimensions.

Example: "She committed the fallacy of arbitrary factuality in the group chat, declaring that a viral TikTok was 'facts' while dismissing a peer-reviewed study as 'just someone's opinion.' When asked why, she said the study 'felt wrong' and the TikTok 'felt right.' Facts, for her, were feelings, and reality was whatever she felt like believing."

by Dumu The Void February 15, 2026