Meaning of fridge logic | Babel Free

Definitions

An initially overlooked detail in a story, which, upon further contemplation, is more nonsensical or unrealistic than originally assumed, often to the point of creating a plot hole.

slang, uncountable

Examples

“Obviously the CIA wouldn't put⟳ their NOC lists on a system that could be remotely accessed that way no matter⟳ what kind of encryption they were using for them. So that's fridge logic for ya.”

“> These are pretty big plot points that are brushed aside. They were things I didn't think⟳ about too hard while watching, but occurred to me while on the road today. I think⟳ the term for this is, quite appropriately, fridge logic :-)”

“I've been reading Endtown since it was strictly a webcomic. It's a must-read for me. Though some might get⟳ thrown by the fridge logic (the aforementioned street lamps and such) and the deep archive (where most of the backstory is).”

“Fridge Logic can be defined* as the bit in a plot that you except when you watch⟳ it, but later (and thus named) when you go to the fridge and then think⟳ "What the... that's impossible"”

“I just reread the story, and Fridge Logic () struck. At the end⟳, the protagonist is thinking about the future of the rescued passengers/crew: > When you get⟳ there, sixty to seventy percent will die⟳ in the first three years. You will die⟳ in childbirth, be eaten by animals, bury⟳ two out of three of your babies, starve⟳ slowly when the rains don't come⟳. If you live⟳, it will be to break⟳ your back behind a plow, sunup to dusk. New Earth is Heaven, folks! Now wait⟳ just a minute. They have⟳ the technology to travel⟳ through time, and spacecraft that are, if not superluminal, at least capable of a significant fraction of c. They can't export the technology the colonists would need⟳ to build⟳ a new world? They can't even prevent⟳ death in childbirth?”

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