MEME REFERENCE

You can't if you don't

Use to describe a technically true but foolish loophole: an unwanted event cannot happen if you avoid its necessary precondition.

What it expresses

A problem is 'solved' by eliminating the opportunity for the desired outcome as well.

Example

A friend says they cannot miss a deadline if they never start the project, and you answer with this knowingly bad logic.

When not to use it

Someone removes an unnecessary dependency and still achieves the goal; that is a sound simplification, not a self-defeating loophole.

• Roll Safe
• bad logic
• loophole
• you cannot if you do not