Paradoxes (part 4)

One of the simplest paradoxes is the following sentence:

"This statement is false."

That was a free bonus paradox, and here are ten more lighthearted paradoxes.*

* Editor's note: "Wow! A free bonus paradox! That's very generous of you."
Charles: "Generous is my middle name. (Not literally obviously. My real middle name is Cecil.)"

Editor: "Charles, that's the wrong type of box."
Charles: "Oops, sorry."

1) The Thinking Paradox

The phrase 'Think outside the box' is so well known that to use it is thinking inside the box.

2) The Energy Paradox

My old boss used to drink a diet version of a famous energy drink. How can you have a diet energy drink? Isn't that a contradiction?

'With zero sugar for less energy!'

3) The Humble Paradox

If I know one thing, it's that I know nothing.

A binary numeric system. Or is it? For a tricky challenge,
I've changed one of the digits to a two. See if you can find it.

Editor: "Charles, are you sure? I've spent ten minutes
looking for the two, and I can't seem to find it."
Charles: "Shush! It's a sneaky trick to make the readers get frustrated."

4) The Non-Binary Paradox

Describing yourself as non-binary categorizes everyone into either binary or non-binary, thus creating two groups, thereby creating a binary system which makes you binary again.

5) The Oxygen Paradox

How does Ant-Man breathe once he gets smaller than an oxygen molecule?

6) The Psychiatrist Paradox

A psychiatrist says to his patient, "Don't worry, you're not deluded. You only think you are."

In a group of grey balls, be the green ball.

Legal disclaimer: Unless the green ball is an idiot, and the
grey balls are highly intelligent, in which case be a grey ball.
Basically, make your choices based on what's good, true
and beautiful, rather than based on being unique or non-unique.

7) The Unique Paradox

Always remember that you are unique...

... just like everybody else!

8) The Net Paradox

If you tear more holes in a net, it technically ends up having less holes.

9) The nonessential paradox

The word 'nonessential' was first used in 1751. Presumably before then it was deemed nonessential. Wait ... that's not possible because the word 'nonessential' didn't exist until 1751.

A corner, pictured yesterday.

10) The time-saving paradox

Finally, if you're trying to save time on a job and are tempted to cut corners, remember this...

Cutting the corner off a piece of paper only increases the number of corners it has.

If your thirst for paradoxes is still not satisfied, then you can find more paradoxes below:
Paradoxes (part 2)
Paradoxes (part 3)

Editor's note: "Charles, where's the link to part one?"
Charles: "I assumed that two extra blog posts should be enough to satisfy most people's thirst for more paradoxes."
Editor: "Okay, let's hope you're right."