# You can't if you don't — Meme Lab

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.
- Tags: Roll Safe, bad logic, loophole, you cannot if you do not
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