TITLE: Endless Ledge Skip Campaign for Alts POST: Reading everyone's comments has made me change my opinion on having an adventure mode like thing in PoE. I keep seeing if an adventure mode needs to exist then why not just start a char at 68. then a couple months after that we'll see post about how people want to start at 90 just so they can kill bosses. Then a few months later we'll see people asking for a"creative" mode so they can have access to all items in the game so they don't have to farm, and i dont think that sets a good example as a community for a game that we all love.

Slippery slope: P1 = poster, A = why not just start a char at 68, B = then a couple months after that we'll see post about how people want to start at 90 just so they can kill bosses, C = Then a few months later we'll see people asking for a"creative" mode so they can have access to all items in the game, D= so they don't have to farm

Usage of a slippery slope for removing adventure modes.


Two of my best friends are really introverted, shy people, and they both have cats. That leads to me believe that most cat lovers are really shy.

Based on two people only, you can't draw general conclusions.

Hasty generalization: S=2 introverted friends, P=introverted people, C=are cat lovers


TITLE: There is a difference between a'smurf' and an'alt'. Please learn it and stop using them interchangeably. POST: Someone once told me they have an"alt" cause their main account was too high of rank to play with their friends. It's exactly the same as smurfing.

False Analogy: X: Having an alt , Y: smurfing, P: Both involve having a secondary account.

the text may involve a "False Equivalence" fallacy. This is when someone incorrectly asserts that two or more things are equivalent, simply because they share some characteristics, despite the fact that there are also notable differences between them. In your example, the person is equating having an 'alt' account to play with friends of a lower rank with 'smurfing'. While both involve using a secondary account, the motivations and consequences may be different, so it's not necessarily accurate or fair to say they are "exactly the same".

This could be seen as a folse analogy too.

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TITLE: Discussion Thread (Part 3): 2020 Presidential Race Democratic Debates - Post Debate | Night 2 POST: Joe Biden will lose to Trump if he is the nominee. The Democratic party clearly has not learned the right lesson from Hillary Clinton's miserable failure. NOBODY WANTS ESTABLISHMENT POLITICIANS ANYMORE. NOBODY LIKES THE STATUS QUO. Like Jesus Christ you think they would learn. POST: The status quo in America is that its the best its ever been. We live in one of the best societies in the best times that humans have ever experienced.

Circular reasoning: X = The status quo in America is that its the best its ever been. X= We live in one of the best societies in the best times that humans have ever experienced.

Stop the false causality to measurable failure

ad populum: X = everybody hate establishment

causal oversimplification: X = Biden is status quo and associated with Hilary Clinton, Y = Biden will loose, A = Biden could loose for many other reasons like is age, is politics...

false causality: A = Biden is associated with the establishment wich is a bad thing, B = Hence he will loose.

guilt by association: P1 = Biden, Y = P1 will succeed, P2 = Hilary Clinton, A = P2 is a miseable failure.

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America is the best place to live, because it's better than any other country.

Circular reasoning: X=America is the best place to live, Y=America is better than other place to live


Let us move now to the future. It is not enough to stand on this record because we are dealing with the most ruthless, fanatical... leaders that the world has ever seen. That is why I say that in this period of the sixties, America must move forward in every area.

Appeal to Fear: X: We are dealing with fanatical leaders, Y: Standing is not enough.

Causal Oversimplification: X: Fear of collpasing, Y: America has to move forward.

appeal to fear: If we stand we will fail because of the ruthless actual environment.

causal oversimplification: they are many reasons to move forward, not only the fear of collapsing.


Delores is a big supporter for equal pay for equal work. This is the same policy that all those extreme feminist groups support. Extremists like Delores should not be taken seriously -- at least politically.

ad hominem: P1 = Delores, Y= equal pay for equal wor, A = P1 is called an extremist.

guilt by association: P1 = delores,  Y= equal pay for equal work, P2 = feminist groups, A = P2 are extreme


"Four out of five dentists recommend Happy Glossy toothpaste. Therefore, it must be great."

Appeal to (false) authority: Person 1=4 out of 5 dentist, X=recommend that toothpaste

Because dentists haven't done any clinical trials.

is it an ad populum, because there is a majority of dentists who recommend the toothpaste ?


TITLE: Gatineau police officer tests positive, but masks still not mandatory at checkpoints POST: Guess what? police need to interact with people at close quarters. they often need to touch or grapple. The masks do little. Cool it. Once they wear masks your anxiety will force you to demand the next step. biohazard suits? get real.

Slippery Slope: A: Wearing masks, B: Increase anxiety, C: Wearing more protective measures like biohazard suits.


The last Democrat winner of the New Hampshire primary won the general election. This year, the winner of the New Hampshire primary will win the general election.

causal oversimplification: X = winning the primary election, Y = can create a wining movement, A = politics, B = personality we are facing, etc.

false causality: A = winning primary, B = winning the general election


Men score better on math than women do. Jerry is a man. Therefore, Jerry is better at math than Sylvia, who is a woman.

Fallacy of division: A=Jerry/Sylvia, B=Average of men/women, X=Better at math/Worse at math

Switch from false causality to hasty generalization since the argument incorrectly assumes that because men, on average, score better on math than women, this must apply to all individual men and women.

The hasty gen is put in the other way making it look like an inductive fallacy (which is broader)


TITLE: Sign petition for Persona 5 pc and switch ports POST: So much important stuff in the world that needs political activism. Makes a petition to portbeg P5 onto PC and Switch.

Appeal to Ridicule: P1: Claims that we have to sign a petition for Persona 5 PC and switch ports
P2: use sarcasm by saying that there is so much important stuff in the world that needs political activism, such as ""Makes a petition to P5 to port beg onto PC and Switch."

Appeal to Worse Problem: S: Sign Petition for Persona 5 PC and switch ports, B: So much important stuff in the world needs political activism.

OR (appeal to worse problems AND appeal to ridicule) because it could be a sarcasm

switch from Appeal to worse problem to straw man because he/she doesn't use the important stuff to empeach the petition but to stress its importance while it is not relevant for the actual petition.

appeal to worse problems
appeal to ridicule


Carbon dioxide hurts nobody' s health. It' s good for plants. Climate change need not endanger anyone.

causal oversimplification: X = CO2 doesn't hurt, Y = climate change is not a danger, A = CO2 is not the only issue, there are temperatures, B = acidification of rains, C = storms, etc.

false causality: A = CO2 hurts nobody, B = CO2 is good for plant


Mr. Governor issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain. Several months later, it rains. Praise the gods!

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=Mr. Governor, X=issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain, Person 2=Speaker, X'=Mr.Governor issues a proclamation for the people of his state to pray for rain. Praise the gods! (sarcastic)

False causality: A=Praying for rain, B=it rained

False causality: Praying for rain is usual in some cultures but it cannot cause rain.

appeal to ridicule: if we consider that the last sentence is sarcastic.


Iran has moved forward with its nuclear weapons program. They're more dangerous today than they were four years ago. North Korea has moved forward with their nuclear weapons program, gone from one to two nuclear weapons to six to eight nuclear weapons. This vice president has been an advocate for over a decade for lifting sanctions against Iran, the largest state sponsor of terrorism on the planet. It's a mistake.

Appeal to fear: X: Lifting Iran's sanctions, Y: Iran is moving forward to having nuclear weapons and the sponsor terrorism.

Appeal to fear: while it is true that having more nuclear weapons doesn't inspire confidence, there are other arguements for or against lifting sanctions.

False Analogy: X: Iran has moved forward to have nuclear weapons, Y: North Korea has nuclear weapons, P: The poster considers both of them have the same geopolitical situation.

False analogy: while we want to remove red herring, in that case North korea has nothing to do in the argumentation, hence it is a red herring. It is irrelevant to iran's sanctions. But we replace by a false analogy since the geopolitical situation of the two countries is very different.

Guilt by association: P1: VP,  P2: Iran, Y: P1 and P2 stated Iran's sanctions should be lifted. A: Iran is the largest state sponsor of terrorism.

guilt by association: VP said lifting sanctions. Iran said lifting sanctions. Iran is evil. Sanctions must remain.


TITLE: Sweden sees higher coronavirus death rate than US after refusing lockdown POST: I wonder how is New York planning on getting out of the lockdown, because when they get out of lockdown probably some cases are going to be going on and the whole infection thing will start again. POST: You cant stop nature. Youre going to be infected if you havent already. We are always trying to fight nature. We just have to let it run its course.

Appeal to nature: Y=We should fight covid, X=Covid and its consequences

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Jeff is preparing to create a commercial for a new energy drink. He visits a local high school and surveys students in an English class about their beverage preferences. The majority of the class says they prefer grape flavored drinks, so Jeff tells his superiors that grape is the flavor favored most by high school students. What error in reasoning has Jeff made?

Hasty generalization: S=One highschool class, P=All highschool student, C=like a specific flavor

using a class to concluse for all high schools is a hasty gen.


The Freehold Raceway Mall is the best mall because there are always so many cars there.

It could be the best mall for auther reasons.

causal oversimplification: X = there are always so many cars in the Freehold Raceway Mall., Y = The Freehold Raceway Mall is the best mall, A = it could be because there are a lot of stores, B = because it is easily accesible, C = because there are play area for children, etc.


TITLE: Can I get into finance with a Law degree? POST: I have a JD, an MBA, and an MSF so I am pretty well versed in the skill sets. What about a JD would make you think you could do finance? It is a pretty in depth math program. There are some advanced math skills needed that are covered nowhere in undergrad or a JD unless you were also a finance major for BS. This is law school arrogance at its finest. Why not a brain surgeon?

Ad hominem: Person 1=OP, Y=It seems possible to have a work in finance with a law degree, A=Person 1 is arrogant (meaning he overestimates himself)

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=OP, X=It seems possible to have a work in finance after doing a law school, Person 2=Poster, X'=Law school is so great that they can everything even surgeon

ad hominem: the post creator is taxed of arrogance to discredite him.

appeal to ridicule: comparison with surgeon studies


The sea-ice loss is President Vladimir Putin' s gain. Already the largest country on the planet, Russia stands to gain access to shipping routes and energy reserves, and a strategic military advantage from the opening of the Arctic. Along the Russian coastline, which makes up more than half the Arctic total, winds and currents push old ice away from potential shipping lanes and prevent the build-up of thicker, multi-year ice that would leave other parts of the Arctic impassable for longer periods.


My first day of basketball practice was easy, so it will always be easy.

A= the first practice was easy
B= all practices will always be easy


Brandon: We should have tastier lunches! Jaylen: Don't listen to him! He's a terrible person! I saw him trip another student and steal his lunch money!


TITLE: Sound familiar? POST: ok but can I just say - no his doesn't sound familiar. The left is asking for expanding background checks, closing the gun show loop hole, maybe registering firearms and creating a system that addresses or catches strawman purchases. We don't need to play this strawman argument game. And we don't need to do the"slippery slope" thing either. Reasonable regulations doesn't lead to the fed keeping lists and someday coming after all gun owners to suppress the working class.


Several years ago, a group of 10 psychologists started a psychology training program. Each of those psychologists is efficient, effective, and highly-regarded. Their training program must be efficient, effective, and highly-regarded.

False analogy: X = teaching skills, Y = psychology skills, P = efficient, effective,...

causal oversimplification: X = efficient psychologists, Y = efficient teachers


I lost my phone in the living room, so it will always be in the living room when it is lost.

A = phone in the living room, B = phone forever in the living room


TITLE: Bar in Thurles in trouble over ad featuring Jesus with a pint. Christians are slowly becoming bigger snowflakes than Muslims. POST: So was the bar burned by a mob and the owner killed? If not, Christians have a ways to go before they are on par with Muslims.

Hasty Generalization: S=Christian/Muslim extremists, P=All Christians/Muslims

false dilemma: X = Christians burned the bar and are like Muslims, Y = Christians did'nt burn the bar and are not like Muslims

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TITLE: Now We Know Who Sold the Bottom at $6k And Tried To Crash Bitcoin - Spoiler alert: it was Mt.Gox trustee POST: can anyone explain the part where it says he tried to crash the market at 6k?.... i dont get the reasoning behind this? POST: If you sell at high prices, that makes sense, doesn't it? If you sell at bottom, you're either panicking or trying to crash the price of the asset you're selling. So if he sold big amounts at 6k, he tried to bring the price even lower and cause a total sell off. That is my logic.


TITLE: Transgender brain scans promised as study shows structural differences in people with gender dysphoria POST: So now the far left is going to have to admit that there is a difference between the brains of men and women and their behavior isn't just a social construct that is created by what toys they are raised with? Looks like the exception is charging to the rescue of the norm. Plot twist!

Straw man: Y = Transgender difference distorted to women and men, and the thesis of lefties about gender is distorted too


The spider that bit was poison, therefore all spiders are poison.

S = a spider, P = all spiders, C = all spiders are poison


Next week he will be in Paris, a city terrorized yet again by mass murderers, for a summit with other world leaders on climate change, not terrorism. What precisely makes these world leaders so convinced that climate change is a more urgent and massive threat than the incessant rampages of Islamist violence? It can not be what is happening to world temperatures, because they have gone up only very slowly, less than half as fast as the scientific consensus predicted in 1990 when the global-warming scare began in earnest.

False Dilemma: X=tackle climate change Y=tackle Islamist violence

P1 = the speaker, X = climate change is less important than terrorism

S = Climate change is a threat, B = terrorism is a bigger threat


These are unidentified people, and after the bomb goes off, they're blown to bits because they are suicidal individuals who think they're going to go to paradise if they perpetrate such an act and lose their life in doing it. We are going to, as I say, we're busy trying to find the centers where these operations stem from, and retaliation will be taken. But we're not going to simply kill some people to say,"Oh, look, we got even.''


smoking cigarettes is deadly because cigarettes can kill you

X = cigarettes kill, Y = cigarettes are deadly


TITLE: To guilt people into not buying meat POST: Comment overwritten by Power Delete Suite for privacy purpose. POST: Do any of you self-righteous pricks understand in the slightest capacity how nature works? There are 4.6 BILLION FUCKING YEARS of evolution on this planet across hundreds upon hundreds of millions of species and not a goddamned one of them, with the exception of you idiots, has any problem with killing for food. It's in the DNA of every single creature on this planet, and it's the SOLE FUCKING REASON that either of us exist. Killing for food is 100% acceptable and morally right, and the suffering of the animals involved is fucking irrelevant. Lions don't give a fuck about the screams of a wildebeest as they disembowel it for a dinner. There is nothing, save for your ego, that gives you a reason to act or feel any different.

Ad hominem: Y: being vegeterian is good, P1: creator of the thread

Appeal to Nature: X=Evolution led to Hunting / Hunting is in our DNA

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Everybody who's looked at it, 500 economists, seven Nobel prize winners, say it's bad for the economy. It's going to blow a hole in the deficit It's going to raise taxes on nine million people and require bigger cuts than the one I vetoed. Our plan is better, it will take us into the future with a growing economy and healthier families.

Appeal to Fear: X = If you don't accept that is bad to our econmy, Y: It's going to blow a hole in the deficit It's going to raise taxes on nine million people and require bigger cuts than the one I vetoed

Appeal to authority: Y = bad for economy, P1 = 500 economists including 7 nobel

Appeal to positive emotion: A = our plan is better, it will makes us better

False Dilemma: X=Apply a plan that will have a negative economic impact or Y=Apply our plan that will lead us into a growing economy

Slippery slop: A = deficit, B = raise taxes, C = bigger cuts


If indoor smoking laws are passed for bars, the bars will go out of business since people who drink, smoke while they drink.

Causal oversimplification: X: If indoor smoking laws are passed, Y: Bars will go out of business

slippery slope: A = people drink, B = people smoke, C = people can't smoke, D = bars ran out of business


You should drive on the right side of the road because that is what the law says, and the law is the law.


TITLE: But I read an article! POST: Honestly though, a PhD is not necessary to have an informed opinion. If that were the case, a lot of pro vaxxers wouldn't have an informed opinion either and let's be honest: they don't. Herd mentality is as much a thing as herd immunity. What antivaxxers need is someone with a PhD drawing a conclusion they agree with so they can repeat and circlejerk that to oblivion. And someone with a PhD should know the difference between an actual result and"oh hey one number out of 100 says this so it must be true". And even then they will be a minority, but at least it can sufficiently instigate some doubt.

Appeal to Ridicule: Person 1=Antivaxxers, X=They are looking for proof, Person 2=Speaker, X'=They are looking for *any* proof (Confirmation bias)

Equivocation: T = herd, A = herd mentality, B = herd immunity.

hasty generalization: S: PhD is not neccesary to have an informed opinion,  P: PhDs, C: Pro-vaxxers wouldn't have an informed opinion


I'm proud of that. It happened because I could work with people -- Republicans and Democrats. That's why we've had 24 retired generals and admirals, hundreds of business people, many of them Republican, support this campaign. You have to decide whether you want to change or not.

appeal to false authority: P1 = republicans, democrats, generals, Y = follow me

false dilemma: X=Speaker's Changes or Y=No change


Fortnite is the best game ever. Everyone is playing it!

Ad Populum: X: Fornite is the best game ever


Every sunrise, the rooster makes a sound. So it is the rooster which makes the sun rise.

A = rooster makes a sound, B = the sun rise


I passed my math test after going out to the movies the night before. I should go to the movies the night before every math test!

False Causality: A=Going to see a movie then night before, B=Passed the math test

hasty gen: S = one math test successfuly passed after watching a movie, P = all math tests, C = all math tests should be passed after having seen a movie


According to Freud, your belief in God stems from your need for a strong father figure. So don't you see that it's silly to continue believing in God?

Appeal to (false) authority: P1: Freud, Y: You don't have to believe in God

Causal oversimplification: X=Need for a strong father figure, Y=Believing in God, however A, B, C=significant life event, personnal experiences, fear of death

appeal to ridicule: P1 = Freud, X = you believe in god bc you need a strong father figure, which is silly

causal oversimplification
appeal to (false) authority
appeal to ridicule


TITLE: AITA for getting pissed that my (now) vegan GF refuses to live with me if I eat meat? POST: Human are omnivores. End of argument. If she doesnt want to live with meat eating, make a parenting plan in court and she can pay child support for the kid that lives with you fill time that she wont raise since meat is around. Easy.

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TITLE: Don't forget to offer acts of reparation for the frequent acts of desecration/sacrilege against the Eucharist POST: I got into a discussion with someone on here who claimed that even though he supported legalized abortion and was pro choice he still received. It broke my heart. And he was flippant and dismissive. The Eucharist is not a reward or something you deserve if you are obstinate to church teachings POST: There are valid reasons to be both Catholic and support legalized abortion. Studies show that abortions occur just as frequently in nations where it is legal as nations where it is not. Nations with no legal abortions have higher rates of unsafe abortions, maternal death, and female teen suicide. We must care about the health and life of women too. These women are at their lowest and need compassion and safety. If restricting and banning abortion doesn't lower the rates of abortions, but instead causes more harm and death, it is not a good policy. <URL> Choosing compassion over virtue signaling should not place any individual in mortal sin. After all, 51% of US Catholics believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases. <URL>

Ad Hominem: P1: He, X: P1 deserved Eucharist, A: P1 was dismissive and flippant, Y: He doesn't deserve Eucharist

Ad Populum: X: 51% of US Catholics believe abortion should be legal, Y: Abortion is compatible with catholicisim.

false dilemma: X = catholic and against abortion, Y = or not catholic

to clean: This could be an appeal to pity, but we should check other annotated appeal to pity to compare the situations. We could be biased


TITLE: So Pointy! POST: I dont have to justify it, vegans assume most people consider an animal life to be on par with human life, its not. If I was in the position to save my pet or a stranger Id never met before of course I would save the human. I dont want animals to suffer and I earn enough that I can afford to buy free range meat from reliable sources, I dont feel bad that an animal was killed so I can eat it, I dont believe its wrong in anyway so long as while its alive it isnt mistreated. There is nothing morally wrong about killing animals for food, you realise animals kill other animals for food too right?

Appeal to nature: X: It is natural to kill animals for food.

Strawman: Y = we shouldn't eat animals to avoid them suffering, Y' = animals equals human. Hence, Y' being false, Y is false too.

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If you would have supported that attitude -- if you would have supported that attitude, we would not have won the Cold War. We won the Cold War because we invested and we went forward. (APPLAUSE.)

causal oversimplification: X = we went forward, Y = won the Cold War


He was born to Catholic parents and raised as a Catholic until his confirmation in 8th grade. Therefore, he is bound to want to defend some Catholic traditions and, therefore, cannot be taken seriously.

Ad Hominem: Person 1=He, Y=we should defend some Catholic traditions, Perso 1's charactere=Catholic therefore biased on the topic

false causality: X = being Catholic, Y = cannot be taken seriously

guilt by association: Y = something related to a catholic tradition, P1 = a catholic, P2 = the Catholic Church


Every action being taken against terrorists requires court order, requires scrutiny. As a matter of fact, the tools now given to the terrorist fighters are the same tools that we've been using against drug dealers and white-collar criminals. So I really don't think so.


My way of responding to difficult patients is by far the most ethical because no other way is so ethical and it is the only way that is completely ethical.

X = my way is the only one that is ethical OR X = my way is ethical, Y = no other ways are ethical


TITLE: Thirty years after Tiananmen, protesters' goals further away than ever:"Now, democracy is not only facing problems in China. Democracy cannot survive if China is the global power." POST: Well, democracy gave us Trump to the whole world. I'll let others judge what democracy is. POST: Lets see what other system gave us. Communism gave us the Kim dynasty that destroyed their own country. Fascism gave us Franco that kept his country decades in the past in every manner. Monarchism gave us Leopold II of Belgium who committed genocides in Africa Theocracy gave us Pope John XII who fucked half of rome So as we can easily gather, every for of government had its share of shitty figureheads. That doesnt prove anything. At least in democracy we have the chance to switch them, you know what they do in other forms of government? Wait. North korea is still waiting on the Kim dynasty to die off, Spain had to wait until Franco dies to start modernizing, the people of Congo had to wait until Leo II died so they can stop getting killed, and the catholic world had to wait until John XII to normalize again.

Causal Oversimplification: X: Democracy Y: Trump president

Hasty generalization: S=Trump, P=All presidents

guilt by association: Y = Democracy is good, P1 = democracy defenders, P2 = Trump

causal oversimplification
guilt by association
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Chihuahuas are good inside dogs. German Shepherds are dogs; therefore, German Shepherds would be good inside dogs, too.

X = German Shephers, Y = Chihuahuas, P = good inside dogs


TITLE: Explain why you find sausages, lasagna, steak, and tacos delicious like I am your crazy extremist vegan girlfriend who believes eating cheese, let alone meat, is worse than the holocaust. POST: Most animals, including humans are meant to consume meat. Humans would've probably died out by eating vegetables alone. So why not doing what we were meant to do by enjoying some salmon? Or do you actually think fish is okay since you don't think they look cute?

Appeal to Ridicule: P1: Vegetarian who eats fish, P2: Not vegetarian. X: vegetarians should not eat fish either.

Appeal to nature: X=Human, like other animals, are able to eat meat, Y=Human should restrain from eating meat

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The United States is the wealthiest nation in the world. So every American is wealthy.

fallacy of division: A = a random american, B = USA, X = B is wealthy


Sam is riding her bike in her home town in Maine, minding her own business. A station wagon comes up behind her and the driver starts beeping his horn and then tries to force her off the road. As he goes by, the driver yells"get on the sidewalk where you belong!" Sam sees that the car has Ohio plates and concludes that all Ohio drivers are jerks.

P = Ohio drivers, S = the Ohio driver, C = Ohio drivers suck


TITLE: Florida officer planted drugs on over 100 victims: DA has not moved to vacate any charges against his victims, some of whom are still imprisoned[2019] POST: Wow, over 100 victims... that's horrible. What was the motive behind such a terrible way of life, and personality? POST: Advancement and maybe kickbacks? Either that or he's just a psychopath who gets off on destroying people's lives. Either way this asshole should never see the light of day again.

Ad hominem: P1 = The former officer, Y = (implicit) P1 shold be released one day, but P1 is an asshole

Appeal to Anger: Person 1=Speaker, X=The officer should go to prison for life, Person 1 is outrage because The officier act as an asshole or a psychopath

False dilemma: X: Advancement and maybe kickbacks, Y: A psychopath who gets off on destroying people's lives

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only man is rational no women is man Therefore, no women is rational

equivocation: A = man can be person, B = man is mankind


You should never gamble. Once you start gambling you find it hard to stop. Soon you are spending all your money on gambling, and eventually you will turn to crime to support your earnings.

slippery slope: A = start gambling, B = hard to stop, C = spending all money, D = turn to crime


If it is very low, for instance around one, it means greenhouse gas emissions are simply not worth doing anything about. But if ECS is high -- say, around four degrees or more -- then climate change is probably a big problem. We may not be able to stop it, but we' d better get ready to adapt to it.

false dilemma: X = < 1 is not a big problem,  Y = > 4 is a big problem


TITLE: Vote Leave fined and reported to police by Electoral Commission - The Guardian POST: Two groups working towards the same goal shared some information. Big deal. Hopefully the police will use their resources on more serious issues such as knife crime, drug gangs and scooter criminals.

appeal to worse problem: S = police should care about information sharing between to political groups, B = police should care about dangerous crimes. Hence S is false


TITLE: Bigfoot reportedly seen, going INSIDE a UFO. This has got to be the strangest thing I have came across. Were the Missing, brought inside the UFO, too? POST: Interesting story, but sadly no substantial evidence. Mostly likely a lie for attention. POST: From a practicing judge?

ad hominem: P1 = first poster, P2 = second poster, Y = no substantial evidence, P1 is not a practicing judge therefore he can't say that.

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TITLE: The only conspiracy theory I accept POST: Post is same age as me and hes make bills while I'm slaving away at school and work POST: Yeah, but if youre on Reddit you're probably not one of the millions upon millions of people who are starving or hungry or living in one of the shit holes of the world. Or at least that's my guess. So don't be upset someone is your age and way luckier than you, be thankful you weren't born into worse circumstances because there are likely plenty. Also, fun fact, they've done studies and if you make around $80k in the US anything beyond that doesn't really contribute to your overall happiness. I think what's cooler about Post Malone and other wildly successful people is they are doing what they love doing. That's real success. And you don't need to be a millionaire to have it.

Appeal to worse problem: S=Author of 1st post is in a bad economic situation, B=People in other country are in worse economic situation than Author

First Straw man: P1 = first poster, P2 = second poster, Y = Post Malone makes a lot of money while I struggle with school and my job, Y' = salaries above $80k don't improve hapiness.
In this case, Y' say that Malone is as happy as if would earn 80k per year, which is not relevant in that case

Second Strawman: Person 1: First poster, Person 2: Second poster,  Y = Post Malone makes a lot of money while I struggle with school and my job, Y': Post Malone and other successful people make a lot of money and are successful because they love what they are doing.


We know God exists because he made everything

cicrular reasoning: X = God exists, Y: she made everything, Y' = (implicit) everything exist, X = god exists


TITLE: Incel gets into relationship POST: Its almost like virginity has no bearing on who you are as a person and once you lose it you're still the same as you were before... POST: 2 chicks rejected me for being a virgin. I had sex as soon as I started lying about having had sex. And all those weren't even casual sex, it was in the frame of relationships. Apparently it holds bearing on who you are as a person and you're not the same person when you loose it.

equivocation: A = who you are as a person -> intrinsically, B = who you are as a person -> observed by other people

hasty gen: P = all virgins, S = the poster was a virgin and get rejected, and then lied about his situation and had sex. C = Virginity impact who you are as a person

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I know that our TV advertisements are more effective than radio. The numbers show that we hit twice the audience with TV, and our focus groups remember the TV commercial 38 percent more than the radio slot.


TITLE: What would people think about preventing people from switching out from a pilot seat? i.e. to a gunner position; you'd still be able to bail. POST: This is a ridiculous post and this mechanic will never be changed. Seat switching has always been a BF mechanic. Dont sit here and try and talk about realism or how you shouldnt be able to swap instantly between seats when there is hardly anything realistic about BF vehicle play in general. Sounds like you need to get better if you are having trouble shooting down the most vulnerable aircraft in the sky.

Ad Hominem: Person 1: OP, Y: prevent seat switching, A: Bad player

First appeal to ridicule: P1 = OP, X = prevent seat switching, X' = BF is not realistic

Second appeal to ridicule: P1 = OP, X = prevent seat switching, X' = P1 wants the change because he is bad

Strawman: Person 1: OP, Y=We should prevent switching place in vehicules for gameplay, Person 2: Speaker, Y'=We should prevent switching place in vehicules for realism

appeal to tradition: X = seat switching is part of BF DNA.

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TITLE: Pete Davidson accounted for after disturbing post;'SNL' cast member deletes Instagram. POST: Social media is the worst. People don't realize how much of an effect it has on someone, especially his generation. Anyone in the public eye who has any sort of mental health issue should rid themselves of their accounts if they possibly can. I understand studios force some actors to be active there, but if it's the difference between leading a happy, healthy life or getting a movie role, it really should be an easy decision. POST: Really, the worst? China has people in internment camps and people in the middle east get stoned for not wearing head scarves, but it's social media that's the worst? I think that's a massive exaggeration. Edit: I feel like I need to clarify that I'm not trying to deny what Pete is going through. I am however annoyed by a reference to a social media being"the worst". I'd even argue that saying that undermines the worse problems that he likely has going on here.

Appeal to worse problem: S=Social Network is the worst, B=China has internment camps and people in the middle east get stoned for not wearing headscarves

False dilemma: X = with no mental issue, one can have a social account, Y = with a mental issue, one can't have a social account

Hasty generalization: S: Pete Davidson shouldn't have social media accounts, P: His generation, C: His generation shouldn't have  social media accounts.

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Mr. Gough supports the cell phone ban and he's an idiot, so we should let teachers keep their cell phones.

ad hominem: P1 = Mr Gough, Y = ban cell phones, A = P1 is idiot


Bill, you drive a beat-up car from the 1980s. For this reason, we can never allow you to be a lifeguard at the community pool.

Ad hominem : P1 = Bill, Y = P1 wants to be a lifeguard, A = because P1 has a beat-up car, he sucks


The teenagers where rude and disrespectful therefore all teenagers are rude and disrespectful.

hasty gen : P = teenagers, S = a group of teenagers was disrespectful, C = all teenagers are disrespectful


TITLE:'A historic day': Switzerland votes to back new anti-homophobia law POST: This is cool and all, but I'm glad it's not being passed in a country where I live. If you give the government *any* control over what is considered"hate speech", you are basically relinquishing your freedom of speech. It's a slippery slope. For example: saying"hateful" things about Islam becomes illegal. Let's say you criticise Sharia laws (laws based off of the rules set out in Islam for those who are unaware). Next thing you know, your own government has full power to censor this"hate", and you are persecuted simply for disagreeing with the laws of an ally nation. Governments have shown time and time again that they are more than happy to censor and abuse their peoples. Don't ever relinquish your freedoms willingly.

Appeal to fear: X: If you give contol to the government over what is considered "hate speech", Y: They will abuse their power.

Hasty gen: P = all governments, S = governments that practiced censorship, C = all governments are willing to censor their citizen.

Slippery Slope: A=Give the gouvernement any control over hate speech, B=Forbid hate speech about Islam, C=Forbid criticism about Sharia, D=Forbid any criticism about ally nations' laws, Z=Full government control over speech


This movie was #1 at the box office last weekend! That means it must be really good!

Ad populum: X = the movie is really good, because a lot of people have seen it


"If we ban Hummers because they are bad for the environment, then eventually the government will ban all cars; therefore, we should not ban Hummers."

slippery slope: A = ban Hummers, Z = ban all cars


My roommate from Maine loves lobsters, therefore all people from Maine love lobsters.

hasty gen: P = people from Maine, S = one person from Main loves lobsters, C = all people from Maine love lobsters


TITLE: Cannabis is effective at reducing pain, and may be an alternative to opioids, with relatively minimal negative side effects, suggests new study of mobile app data, which found that the average user had a 3-point drop in pain suffering on a 0-10 point scale immediately following cannabis consumption. POST: I worked in an engineering factory for years and was never supplied a back belt so I now have a bad back and the only way I can get any sleep is to take 4 pain killers before bed or smoke one joint so I'll stick to what's natural rather than use so many painkillers my liver will be useless in a few years so cannabis for the win with me

appeal to nature: X = cannabis, Y = opioids

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TITLE: Islamophobia has become normal. Our challenge now is dismantling it without doing more damage POST: There must be a firm basis to people hating Islam. There are many of us and we can't all be wrong. Am i afraid of Islam and what it can do to this country? You are damn right i am and with good reason. With my own two eyes i have seen how it destroys countries, Islamic countries none the less. People that support this religion blowing each other up. You are doing a dis-service to your country being"politically correct" in regard to Islam and your children will suffer because of it.

Appeal to fear (2): X=Being politically correct toward Islam, Y=Your Children will suffer

False Cause: A=Islam, B=Unstable Countries with conflict

First appeal to fear: X = if you support Islam, you will be blown up

Hasty generalization: S: Some islamic countries, P: Islamic-based countries, C: Islam destroys countries


TITLE: California court backs state's right to ban foie gras POST: Good thing CA is able to focus on this hugely important issue and doesn't have massive homelessness plaguing it's cities or an ever increasing affordable housing crisis to worry about. This and banning plastic straws are the issues we need to solve to create a better life and society for people. I'm so glad CA is at the forefront of tackling our nation's most pressing issues. Keep being a beacon of hope CA and I'm sure other states will follow.

appeal to ridicule: P1 = California, X = foie gras should be baned, X' = banning foie gras is a very pressing issue (sarcasm)

appeal to worse problem: S = California bans foie gras, B = dealing with homeless is more important


OBAMA: Well, I want to thank Senator McCain and Bob for moderating. I think we all know America is going through tough times right now. The policies of the last eight years and -- and Washington's unwillingness to tackle the tough problems for decades has left us in the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression. And that's why the biggest risk we could take right now is to adopt the same failed policies and the same failed politics that we've seen over the last eight years and somehow expect a different result.

Appeal to fear: X=If you don't change policy, Y=You will have the same bad consequences (lose your job, lose your economy, ...)

Causal oversimplification: X: The policies of the last eight years and Washington's unwillingness to the tough problems for decades, Y: Left the US with the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression.

false dilemma: X = vote for McCain and USA will go down, Y = (implicit) vote for Obama and life will get better


TITLE: Abstinence vs. those who chose to have sex, a dilemma I'd like to understand! POST: I dont wait until marriage, because I'm not even sure if I want to get married. Used to care about how many people the girl sleeped with, now I really dont give a shit. Ive collectively had sex hundreds of times with my partners over the years, that doesn't make me better than someone who's had sex with more people, one time each. POST: Almost everyone in the world will look more favorably on a person who has had sex 100x times with one person versus having sex 1x each with 100 different people. As they should.

False analogy: X: Had sex hundrerds of times with my partners, P: Does not make me better, Y: Someone who's had sex with more people, one time each.

Strawman: Person 1=OP, Y=Abstinence before mariage or not, Person 2=First poster, Y'=Having intercourse with many people or few people, Attack=Many relation with one person is the same as many one relation with different people

ad populum: X = having sex 100 times with one person is better than having sex 100 times with 100 different persons


TITLE: 1930s IWW cartoon on the 4 hour work day POST: I work 6 ten hour days very frequently and don't get weekends off. In a way it's pretty insulting to see people angry with a 9-5 40 hour work week. I'd be so grateful to have that extra time to spend with my family and friends.

Appeal to pity: X: Poster works for 60 hours, wishing to have more time with his family

Strawman: Person 1=OP, Y=4 hour workday (with decent living quality for all), Person 2=Poster, Y'=9-5 workweek, A=There are worse situation such as 10h/day

appeal to worse problem: S = people work 40 hours a week and complain, B = poster works 60hrs a week without complaining


A few students are misbehaving...therefore the whole class is bad.

hasty gen: P = students of the class, S = some students are misbehaving, C = all students in the class are bad


TITLE: It seems that eliminating sugar is the single thing everyone can agree on POST: Not at all. Years ago was fats. Everyone blamed fats. Now is the same with sugar. It is not just one thing. You must have a balance diet and a helthy lifestyle to achieve the final goal of health (and enjoy the process) POST: Not to jump down your throat here but'balanced' is such a loaded term. It implies an existing framework of what the extremes of diet are or can be. For example, if we're speaking'natural' diet. Balance can't include any refined sugar at all because we weren't able to process it. Before the food pyramid came around the upper end of sugar consumption would have been much lower. So that middle ground'balance' would be much less as well.

first straw man: P1 = first poster, Y = need to have a balance diet, P2 = second poster, Y' = balanced is extreme

second straw man: P1 = first poster, Y = need to have a balance diet, P2 = second poster, Y' = balanced is necessarly natural


But irrespective of whether he thinks it is or not means less than fact that this country cannot morally and socially and economically accept an economy running out the clock on the 20th Century. We're treading water. We have families that are hurting. We have people who are unemployed. We have people with no property. We have an administration that is demolishing public housing in our inner cities and not providing anything else but more public housing. Their solution to the inner city is more -- excuse the expression but it's true,"socialism."


Michael Jackson, Kurt Cobain, and Jimi Hendrix were rock stars who died young. Therefore, if you become a rock star, don't expect to live a long life.

hasty gen: P = rock stars, S = MJ, Kurt, and Jimi all died young, C = all rock stars die young


Over 5 million Filipinos use our products. It's time to switch to our brand now!

ad populum: X = our products are bought/good


MARVIN STONE: You suggest that we scrap the SALT II treaty already negotiated, and intensify the build-up of American power to induce the Soviets to sign a new treaty - one more favorable to us. President Carter, on the other hand, says he will again try to convince a reluctant Congress to ratify the present treaty on the grounds it's the best we can hope to get. Now, both of you cannot be right. Will you tell us why you think you are? RONALD REAGAN: Yes. I think I'm right because I believe that we must have a consistent foreign policy, a strong America, and a strong economy. And then, as we build up our national security, to restore our margin of safety, we at the same time try to restrain the Soviet build-up, which has been going forward at a rapid pace, and for quite some time. October 28, 1980 Cleveland, Ohio What logical fallacy did Reagan's response illustrate the use of?

Appeal to positive emotion: A=We must have a strong America (Flag waving, pride)


TITLE: The bible is not Clear POST: The bible is not Clear it's clear enough so that there are 2.18 billion Christians A comprehensive demographic study of more than 200 countries finds that there are 2.18 billion Christians of all ages around the world, representing nearly a third of the estimated 2010 global population of 6.9 billion. <URL>

TODO: add a dot before "A comprehensive"

ad populum: X = the bible is clear because billions are believers


I have been in charge of this reinventing government streamlining project that's reduced the size of government by more than 300,000 people in the last several years. And the budget plan that I've put out, according to the"Los Angeles Times" again, the way these things are typically measured as a percentage of the GDP, will bring government spending down to the lowest level in 50 years. So I want to proceed carefully to cover more people.

Appeal to authority: P1 = LA Times, Y = the speaker plan is good


TITLE: What distinguishes"food animals" from"not food animals"? POST: Animals aren't food for us. If you wouldn't eat a dog or cat, don't eat a cow or chicken. Even if you would eat a dog or cat, don't. POST: Animals are food for other animals, why they wouldn't be food for humans?

Appeal to nature: X: Animals are food for other animals, Y: Animals are also food for humans

False Analogy (2): X=Human, Y=Animals, P=Some eat other animals, (But Human have more choice in term of diet, and not a biological necessity)

First false analogy: X = pets, Y = other animals, P = pets are not eaten

false dilemma: X = eat all animals, Y = eat no animals

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The president of Honduras is a good leader because he is a leader of the country.

circular reasoning: X = the president is a good leader, Y = he is the leader of Honduras


And he cut defense an extra $60 billion, threw a lot of people out of work. He talks about a smaller government. There are actually more people in government except for people in defense related jobs. They're gone. The government's bigger than it was when President Kennedy was around, even though he says it's not. In addition, Republican Congress cut $53 billion.


Families communicate less and less in the past forty years since feminism became mainstream. Feminism is to blame for this deterioration in the family.

A=Feminism gain popularity in the past 40 years, B=Families communicate less since 40 years,


CLINTON: Our military is the strongest military in the world. It is the strongest, best prepared, best equipped it has ever been. There is very little difference in the budget that I proposed and the Republican budget over the next six-year period.

appeal to positive emotion: A = USA army is the greatest


Murder is morally wrong. Therefore, abortion is morally wrong.

false analogy: Y = murder, X = abortion, P = morally wrong


Violent video games cause teens to be violent, because violent teens play violent video games.

Circular reasoning: X: Violent video games, Y: Violent teens

False Causality: A=Violent video game, B=Violent teens


These test results are clearly wrong, and it must be either because the client was malingering or because I bungled the test administration. Taking another look at the test manual, I see now that I bungled the test administration. Therefore the client was not malingering.

The test could be for another disease, the patient could be malingering AND the adminstration bungled, etc.

false dilemma: X = patient malingering, Y = bungled administration


TITLE: Trump's plan to improve healthcare, that everyone said wouldn't work, is already working POST: Is that why my prescriptions and premiums keep going up massively? hm. Trump hasn't done shit to improve healthcare, he has done the complete opposite.

Appeal to anger: A: Trump has done anything to improve the healthcare, he did the opposite

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=OP, X=Healthcare improved, Person 2=Poster, X'=Healthcare improved while premiums keep going up

hasty gen: P = all seek persons, S = the poster case (increased prices of his meds), C = Trump didn't improve healthcare


TITLE: This though... POST: So freaking true...I recently got a $100k+ job without a college degree, before my 30th birthday. I did it because I worked my ass off and learned a skill in the military. It's not that hard you just got to do the best you can.

Causal oversimplification: X: He worked hard in the miliatry, Y: He got a $100k+ job without a degree

hasty gen: P = all workers, S = the speaker that worked very hard suceeded, C = working very hard is sufficient to succeed

causal oversimplification
hasty generalization


TITLE: Workers that don't immediately respond to customers should be fired. POST: >I've never been satisfied with any businesses anywhere. If if smells like shit where ever you go, check your shoe. Or put another way If you run into an asshole in the morning, you ran into an asshole. If you run into assholes all day, you're the asshole.


For want of a nail the shoe was lost. For want of a shoe the horse was lost. For want of a horse the rider was lost. For want of a rider the battle was lost. For want of a battle the kingdom was lost. And all for the want of a nail."For Want of a Nail," medieval proverb

Slippery Slope: A: For want of a nail the shoe was lost, B: For want of a shoe the horse was lost C: For want of a horse the rider was lost, D: For want of a rider the  battle was lost, E: For want of a battle Z: The kingdom that was lost


"I bought a ticket to win a new car at the mall, since I have never won anything like that in the past."

false causality: A = I never won, B = I'll won


TITLE: Old quote, but a good one POST: What are the reasons for viewing regulated hunting in the same light as factory farming? I went veg because factory farming is horribly unnatural, but I can't really come up with an argument against hunting based on what made me go veg... POST: I'm vegan, I'll never part take in this activity, but I don't feel like hunting for fun should be considered a mental illness. Our ancestors used to depend on it to survive, so I can see how it might be in someone's genome to want to hunt. Hunting is almost entirely aligned with the natural cycle of life, factory farming in horrible conditions isn't. Downvotes incoming

Appeal to nature (1): X=Hunting, Y=Factory Farming

Appeal to tradition: X: Our ancestors have been hunting to survive, so it is in our genome to hunt. Y: Hunting for fun should not be considered a mental illness.

Second appeal to nature: X = Hunting is almost entirely aligned with the natural cycle of life OR X = hunting is in our DNA OR X = farming is unnatural


TITLE: CMV: You can't justify eating meat POST: Cooking and eating meat is an artistic practice with thousands of years of history. My choice to cook and eat meat is a choice to participate in the continuation of this art form. I support eating meat for the same reason I would support classical music, theater, or sculpture: because I support art. And I am generally skeptical of attempts at soft censorship of this art by shaming meat eaters.

False analogy: X: Eating meat is an art,  Y: Music, theater, and sculpture are arts

appeal to tradition: X = coocking and eating meat is a tradition


President Bush didn't. President Obama was right, he said that that was outrageous to have deficits as high as half a trillion dollars under the Bush years. He was right, but then he put in place deficits twice that size for every one of his four years.

tu quoque: P1 = Obama, X = P1 against deficits, Y = P1 put in place deficits


TITLE: So I have more guns than I'd like to admit, but I feel like a lot of people shouldn't own guns. POST: The drunk guy I agree with, however the other two are perfectly fine. Most states have laws against carry while drinking. Someone choosing to open carry an AR isnt subject to your approval. They dont need you to think their are cool to exercise a right. 14 year olds are plenty old enough to be around loaded guns. They arent 4. I had guns in a safe in my bedroom from 10 years old. I had the key and ammo. Again, someone else's rights arent based on your approval. POST: Yeah its not just about my approval, pretty sure the majority of people in the U.S are against open carrying an AR. No one sees someone carrying a long gun in public and thinks wow look at them go, so glad they are exercising their rights. Theyre thinking Im glad I have my ccw so I can drop this motherfucker if he sneezes. And youre right, I should just assume that all 14 year olds were taught properly on how to handle firearms even if their parents are pieces of shit. I shouldnt care if he hurts himself or someone else because if I did Id just be infringing in someones rights. Glad your parents believed you wouldnt kill someone with a gun that young. Too bad other parents believed the same thing.

Appeal to ridicule: X: 14 years old is old enough to carry gun, X': Ridiculize X

Hasty generalization: S=Poster's personnal experience, P=All children, C=Any one can carry guns

ad populum: X = many people think that carrying a gun in the streets is bad

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TITLE: PewDiePie is a racist piece of shit POST: > pewdiepie is extremely racist and very anti Semitic A) The use of"extremely" and"very" is hyperbolical bullshit. You know it and I know it. Please stop. B) There is nothing wrong with being racist or anti Semitic. Being tribal is a normal part of being human.

Appeal to tradition: X: Being tribal is a normal part of being human.

Equivocation: A=Tribal as a small group of human, B=Tribal as rejecting all other tribes (almost synonymous to racist)

False analogy: X: Racism and antisemitism are not wrong, Y: Being tribal is normal

appeal to nature: X = Being tribal and racist is natural

appeal to nature
false analogy
equivocation
appeal to tradition


TITLE: It's not even close to legal POST: I disagree with every comment on this thread. Almost 3k upvotes show that most people agree with me. A furry is not something Ive ever seen in real life and I would not even know the term existed if not for these strange Reddit posts/comments. Its weird, its not socially or mentally healthy, its not a thing. Bring on the downvotes.

Ad populum: X: 3k upvotes agree with the poster

ad hominem: P1 = another poster said furry is nice, A = people dreassing like giant furries are mentally ill.


Even the Republican platform has criticized the lack of leadership in Mr. Ford and they've criticized the foreign policy of this administration. This is one instance where I agree with - with the Republican platform. I might say this in closing, and that is that as far as foreign policy goes, Mr. Kissinger has been the president of this country.

Appeal to (false) authority: P1: Republican, X: Criticizing the lack of leader in Mr. Ford and the foreign policy of his administration.

ad hominem: P1 = Ford, Y = (implicit) vote for me because I'm a great leader, A = Kissinger has been the real leader wrt the foreign policy, hence P1 has no backbone


TITLE: Weekly General Discussion - March 10, 2019 POST: alex jones is cuckoo bananas and joe organ just lets him ride on like a monkey on a pig with a cowboy hat. he thinks he's just hanging out with a buddy but what he fails to realize is that he has a huge platform with a fan base of highly impressionable young men who feel wronged by society and entitled to scream like a monkey on the back of a pig with a cowboy hat POST: Free speech bad

Appeal to ridicule: P1 = first poster, X = Alex Jones shouldn't be invited by Joe Rogan, X' = sarcasm when saying that free speech is bad, hence Alex Jones should have the right to be on TV

Hasty generalization: S=Fan Base, P=Some fan, C=young and impressionable


Mrs. Miller taught your older brother, who was the class clown. She decides to be strict with you from the very first day of class because she thinks you will be a clown, too.

guilt by association: P1 = the younger brother, Y = (implicit) P1 is not a clown, P2 = the older brother, A = P2 is a clown


TITLE: Is it ideal to live without recreational drugs? POST: Ideal, perhaps for some. However it is highly unrealistic. Mankind has been using"recreational drugs" since we developed agriculture, and probably before too.

appeal to tradition: X = drugs have always been used


James' mom is concerned when she finds out that he skipped class one day. She tells him that she is concerned that since he skipped one class, he will start skipping more frequently. Then he will drop out altogether, never graduate or get into college, and end up unemployed and living at home for the rest of his life.

slippery slope: Z = being unemployed, A = skip class one day, B = skip class more frequently, C = drop out of school


TITLE: The more corrupt the state, the more numerous the laws. - Tacitus[529x529] POST: So the least corrupt state is anarchy by this logic. This is"deep" libertarian bullshit. Yes, over regulation is a thing, but laws against theft, murder, slavery, child labor, education, etc. are good things - not corruption. POST: > laws against theft, murder, slavery. Good people don't need laws to tell them how to be good, bad people either ignore laws or use/create them to hide behind...

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=OP, X=Less laws is better, Person 2=Poster 1, X'=No laws at all

Circular reasoning: X: Good/Bad people are good/bad.

False dilemma: X: You are good person if you follow the law, Y: You are a bad person if you don't follow the law

Guilt by association: Person 1: OP, Y=Less laws is better, Person 2:Libertarian, A=bullshit ideas

equivocation: A = the least corrupt state is anarchy, T = anarchy, M1 = chaos or no laws, B = we should have less numerous laws, M2 = (implicit) less vertical power


TITLE: Stores should have a few for people who shop after closing POST: I mean 10 minutes after closing isn't really bad at all. POST: Well if 10 minutes isnt bad, then surely 11 is ok. If 11 is ok then 13 is fine. If 13 is fine then whats wrong with 15. You said 15 is ok, 16 is just a minute more. Were at 16, Im finishing up and will be checked out by 18. See how it keeps getting stretched out????? When the goddamned sign says the store closes at 9:00 the fucking customers need to get the fuck out by 8:59. They had all day to get their shit taken care of. At 9 0 0 youre on my time.

Appeal to anger:  P1: Cashier, X: Outraged by people whom stays in the store till 9:00, when it is the time to close.

Slippery Slope: Person 1=Poster, A=10 minutes, B=11 minutes, C=15 minutes, D=18 minutes, Z= really long time

causal oversimplification: X = Had all day to go shopping, but didn't go, Y = Went to the shop just before its closing, A = Emergency gift for Christmas or a birth, etc.

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Three congressional representatives have had affairs. Members of Congress are adulterers.

hasty gen: P = Members of congress, S = 3 members of Congress had affairs, C = all members of Congress had affairs


TITLE: Tennessee Senator calls higher education a'liberal breeding ground,' calls to remove it all together POST: So he's saying liberals are better educated than conservatives. We agree. Trump isn't the only one who loves the poorly educated. POST: Or, more accurately, many liberal professors abuse their positions by attempting to force their political opinions into subjects they don't belong in, like the English professor who insists their students each write a paper on"Why the GOP are terrorists" and grade students poorly who disagree with that opinion (experienced that first hand). Many of the big name institutions have become incestuous single minded orgies which no longer challenge students to think out of the box, challenge assumed truths and seek to learn all they can, but instead have become factories to produce a very specific set of opinions and mindsets never to be questioned. This isn't a call to abolish higher learning, but I think the entire system needs to be reassessed, not only due to outrageous costs and access issues.

Appeal to ridicule: P1 = Tennessee Senator, X = P1 calls higher education a 'liberal breeding ground', X' = P1 is saying liberals are better educated than conservatives

Hasty Generalization: S: English professor, P: Many liberal professors, C: Abuse their positions to force their political opinion.

Strawman Fallacy: Person 1=Tennessee Senator, Y=There is a selection bias in unversity teacher and ideology, Person 2=Poster 1, Y'=There are more uneducated people in Trump electorate, A=Republican like uneducated people

ad hominem, quite difficult to classify. It sounds like a adhominem but not toward the speaker. Which is different from our template

ad hominem: P1 = Big name institutions (or many of them), Y = (implicit) Big name institutions teach students to think by themselves, A = P1 are incestuous single minded orgies

equivocation: T = education, A = liberals are better educated than conservatives, M1 = education in the sense of going to school or university, B = Trump isn't the only one who loves the poorly educated, M2 = education in the sense of behave appropriately

equivocation
appeal to ridicule
straw man


TITLE: What"healthy" food is actually way more unhealthy than most people think? POST: Incoming comments of things that are nutritious but people don't consider healthy because they're high in calories AND other random shit they read on a blog who's ultimate goal is to convince them to spend money on something at some point. Olive oil is healthy even though it has calories and fruit is healthy even though it has carbs. Dairy and red meat are fine - people have been consuming them for centuries and they did shit like building pyramids using just their hands. You don't need to live off of bland chicken breasts, broccoli, and scrambled eggs to be healthy. Also people need to learn the difference between added sugar and natural sugar. The sugar in fruit is not the same sugar in candy bars. I think one of the biggest reasons for the obesity epidemic in America is the over-complication of nutrition. A new food is"unhealthy" every week.

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=OP/Other Poster, X=Some food are unhealthy, Person 2=Poster, X'=Some random blog is saying that a food is unhealthy so it is

Appeal to tradition: X=eating meat (ancestor=up to the egyptian)

Causal oversimplification: X: Oversimplifcation of nutrition,  Y: Biggest reason for the obesity in America.

First straw man: P1 = OP, Y = some healthy food are not healthy, P2 = poster, A = P2 suppose that some high calories food are good, Y' = all high callories food are unhealthy

Second Appeal to Ridicule: P1: Poster, X: A new food is "unhealthy" every week.

Straw man: Person 1: OP/Other poster, Y=Some foods are considered healthy even they are not, Person 2=Poster, Y'=Only a few product are healthy, A=You don't have to use only these exact products

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TITLE: There are now traffic cameras that can spot you using your phone while driving POST: Distracted driving is a HUGE problem but the fact that people are begging for a state run mass surveillance system is terrifying. It may seem innocuous and even helpful at first but the implications are tremendous. These are the first steps towards mass facial recognition and social credit systems... and people are clamoring for it. Its crazy.

Appeal to fear: X=Refuse surveillance of driver, Y=accepting mass surveillance and social credit

slippery slope: A = traffic cameras, B = mass surveillance, C = facial recognition, D = social credits


"The Cardinals are the best football team because they're better than all the other teams. They're better than all the other teams because they're the best."

Circular Reasoning: X: The Cardinals are the best football team, Y: They are the best


TITLE: Thirty years of fast food: Greater variety, but more salt, larger portions, and added calories are potentially fueling the obesity epidemic, according to a new study. Despite the addition of some healthy menu items, fast food is even more unhealthy for you than it was 30 years ago. POST: But did they check slow food? Dollars to donuts that eating at an average restaurant is unhealthier than 30 years ago by an even wider margin. Fast food isn't fueling the obesity epidemic; FOOD is fueling the obesity epidemic. POST: Let's not forget Genetically Modified foods. They are not on our food chain.

Appeal to nature: X: GM is not in our food chain.

Appeal to worse problem: S=Fast food is worse than 30 years ago, B=Restauration is worse than 30 years ago (which we don't talk about thus this is worse)

causal oversimplification: X = Food, Y = obesity epidemic, A = genetics, B = physical activity levels, C = overall diet, D= socio-economic factors, etc.

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TITLE: Should I [23F] urge my husband [26M] to stop watching porn? POST: Yes. Porn has gained the support of popular culture, but it is unhealthy. It has been shown to make men more sexually aggressive, dissatisfied with their own sex lives, and contributes to the global sex trade. Viewing porn also causes prolonged dopamine exposure, which the brain will build resistance against - making it more difficult to feel joy from other daily activities. Porn is also highly addictive, and has diminishing returns over time, so a user will have to watch more porn, or more extreme porn, to get the same amount of dopamine. Check [fightthenewdrug.org](<URL>) for studies on the harmful effects of pornography. POST: Yeah, I always go to religious organizations to supply me with clear and objective scientific studies...

Appeal to ridicule: Person 1=OP, X=You should not watch adult videos because of negative consequences (addictive, ...), Person 2=Poster, X'=Religious, thus really biased, organisation, claims theses consequences

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I merely say that the United States should meet its commitments to Que- to uh - Formosa and the Pescadores. But as Admiral Yarnell has said, and he's been supported by most military authority, these islands that we're now talking about are not worth the bones of a single American soldier; and I know how difficult it is to sustain troops close to the shore under artillery bombardment. And therefore, I think, we should make it very clear the disagreement between Mr. Nixon and myself.

Appeal to authority: P1 = Admiral Yarnell, Y = these islands that we're now talking about
 are not worth the bones of a single American soldier


TITLE: There is no good reason to take stories/accounts of miracles seriously POST: > There is no good reason to take stories/accounts of miracles seriously I propose that for a modern account of a miracle, if the person telling you the account is trustworthy, that is a reason to take the account seriously.

Causal Oversimplification: X=Person 1 see a miraculous even, Y=This is an actual miracle, A=Some actual physical events look miraculous, B=The unlikely event may have occured due to chance, C=There are caused that are unkwown by Person 1

Circular Reasoning: X: Person is telling you the account is trusthworthy, Y: The account is truthworthy.

appeal to authority: P1 = a trustworthy person, Y = P1 witnessed a miracle that should be taken into account seriously

to clean = line return after 'seriously'


He has smoked cigarettes his entire life and he doesn't have lung cancer. Therefore smoking doesn't cause lung cancer.

Hasty generalization: P=People smoking, S=One smoker, C= Smoking don't cause cancer


Clearly, uh it was maybe the right thing to do, but we did not go in with enough information. We caused problems in the first place by denying Caribbean countries and third-world countries a chance to trade freely in the United States. It causes economic problems and turmoil, and then we turn around, as we did in Mexico, having to bail them out. We caused the problem in the first place, and it cost us 20 to 50 billion to bail them out.

Causal oversimplification: X: Poblems caused by US in the Caribbean countries and third-world countries Y: Economic problems and turmoil.

false analogy= X = Caribbean countries and third-world countries, Y = Mexico, P = X and Y have the same issues for the same reasons (ignoring their respective histories)


TITLE: London doctor objects to city's $880 fine calling it'punitive' POST: Punitive: inflicting punishment, punishing Seems about right. Fines are punishments. Calling a fine"punitive" is like calling a textbook"educational". The gov't has been going all out to educate people. Anyone who still doesn't know the rules by now just isn't bothering to educate themselves. POST: Yeah, this doctor is a moron. Not smart like you.

Ad hominem: Person 1=Poster 1, Y=The doctor should know the rules, he deserve it, Person 2=Poster 2, A=Doctor is stupid (sarcasm: Person 1 think that he is better than a doctor, but he is not)

Appeal to ridicule: P1 = first poser, X = the doctor is dumb, X' = the second poster use sarcasm to say that it is P1 that is dumb

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Lola: I don't think John would be a good fit to manage this project, because he doesn't have a lot of experience with project management. John: But you don't have a lot of experience in project management either!

tu quoque: P1 = Lola, X = John has no experience with project management, P2 = John, Y = Lola either has no experience


TITLE: Trans people in UK could face rape charges if they don't reveal gender history. POST: Rightly so. I don't care how it makes trans people feel, the vast majority of people would want to know if someone was born a different sex to that which they're passing themselves off as.

ad populum: X = the vast majority of people would want to know if someone was born a different sex to that which they're passing themselves off as.

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TITLE: Hanging pork with garlic sauce... or as my sister called it,"laundry over dirt field" POST: Well it's common in Sichuan where this dish is originated from to serve it like this, so it's not a stupid restaurant plating thing it's how it should be


And judgment is what we look for in the president of the United States of America. I'm proud that important military figures who are supporting me in this race: former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff John Shalikashvili; just yesterday, General Eisenhower's son, General John Eisenhower, endorsed me; General Admiral William Crown; General Tony McBeak, who ran the Air Force war so effectively for his father -- all believe I would make a stronger commander in chief. And they believe it because they know I would not take my eye off of the goal: Osama bin Laden.

appeal to authority: P1 = all cited generals, Y = the speaker will be a great commender in chief


Fred, the German, stole my wallet. Therefore, all Germans are thieves.

hasty gen: P = all Germans, S = Fred who is German and stoll a waller, C = all Germans are thieves


Slavery is accepted by just about everyone in our society, so it's ethical to keep slaves.

ad populum: X = slavery is accepted by everybody


TITLE: Need identify 2 lost parts. Dell inspiron 15 5577
POST: Hi, those are SMD components. You need a parts list or a donor board. EDIT: The good news is they will be cheap, the bad news is you need someone who can do smd soldering, which, for no good reason, is a dark art. Check out Lewis Rossman on youtube to see tutorials, but it will require expensive kit, unless you can borrow some.
POST: I live in not rich country here more good repair specialist. I see on motherboard 4 types of smd components already with identification. But they very similar. Thanks


TITLE: Innisfree?
POST: I just picked up one of the tinted balms and it's a really lovely product. Nice tint, smooth, stays on.
POST: Is the color really obvious? I prefer non tint


TITLE: EXTRA! EXTRA!
POST: When Reddit can't get more unoriginal
POST: Have you not know that this poster is extremely popular in Oculus sub reddit? He creates those "news" papers every time there is some big news and people love it. Just look at the points in linked thread

ad populum: X = a poster is very popular, therefore his work is original


TITLE: G751JM. What the hell now? Please help. Is the laptop dead? Thank you, have a nice day
POST: Enter Bios and see if your hdd is detected. If it is, might be an issue with boot order. Else try this: <URL>
POST: Thanks, but what should I enter? Could you tell me step by step because I have no idea what you just said. Thanks for the help though


TITLE: New Firefox Update
POST: Dog software on cat hardware
POST: Wouldn't it be the other way around? Since it looks like a dog and behaves like a cat.


TITLE: Proof that Bots are manipulating the Rotten Tomatoes Audience score of The Last Jedi
POST: Doesn't prove anything. Could just be an error. Most people I spoke to didn't like TLJ, so if anything, it should have a lower than 55% score.
POST: Every IRL person I know loves it, all the hate coming from the internet. Anecdotal evidence works both ways

hasty gen: P = all people, S = people that spoke with poster 1 hate the movie, C = the movie should have a low score


TITLE: Legion is the best overall expac we will ever get and here is why
POST: This feels like definite nostalgia talking to me. Off the top of my head legiondaries were pretty bad bc it took so long to be able to target them. I remember getting the one I wanted for a character about a week before BFA dropped and not really being able to use it. Also was never really a fan of the AP grind tho I did love having my weapon always guaranteed. Order halls were also super hit or miss for me and I hated the rogue one. Spent most of my time in the Maelstrom and I liked it tho.
POST: i think people focus too much on legendary acquisition and forgot how good the other parts of the xpac were. there werent many complaints at all except for legendary acquisition


TITLE: People who are into dark humor, where do you draw the line?
POST: I don't make fun of anyone's parents dying. I don't know, it's just a thing with me because I've been helping orphans for a long time and their mental health is seriously fucked up because of it.
POST: It's very poor taste at the funeral.


TITLE: Doctors have dismissed my symptoms, but I promise I'm not crazy
POST: I'm not a doctor, but I have lupus. It sounds like lupus to me. Did you get ANA and ENA tests? I had to beg for them and then the doctors were all miffed because I proved I was sick. Good luck.
POST: I got those tests and they came back fine, I was so confident that it was lupus for a while but that negative test has really thrown me !


TITLE: Armed Citizen Shoots, Kills Active Shooter At Tulsa Shopping Center.
POST: So a woman got in an altercation, got mad and grabbed a gun and starting shooting, and was then shot by someone else.
POST: The whole situation wouldn't have happened if she didnt have easy access to a gun


TITLE: Gay trump supporter talks real big about his experience storming the capitol until he realizes there are consequences to his actions.
POST: I get that it's weird that someone from the lgbtq+community supports fascists who want people like him to die, but I don't see his sexual identity having any relevance to this story.
POST: It isn't particularly relevant, but instinct magazine strictly covers LGBT stories, so for them it is. Also as a gay man, I get extra jollies from the intense irony of him being a gay trump supporter. Its not necessary for the story but it certainly enhances it.


TITLE: Ned, the actor behind Micheal, was recently admitted in the hospital for Covid Pneumonia, hoping for his good health and be well soon
POST: First we nearly lost Dr. Dre now we might lose Michael. This is getting progressively worse, I hope he pulls through. I'm sure he will tho
POST: I almost forgot about Dre


TITLE: Why is there so much turmoil towards the pharmaceutical industry among the general public ? And do professionals in this field feel the same way about the field ?
POST: It's an industry like any other. The outrage is mostly aimed at outrageous pricing for their products *in America*. That's not the fault of that industry at the core, it's the fault of a political system allowing it. We don't suffer from that where I live, and we get our medicine from the same industry. And you have to keep one thing in mind, development of medications is brutally expensive. That leads to another problem. The industry wants to make profit, and consequently directs their efforts at products that will sell well. Medication for rare conditions will never recoup the development cost and consequently don't get researched. That's another systemic problem.
POST: many people have been calling out science subreddit mods like mvea etc for spamming "shill articles" etc. And I've begun to question it myself after seeing so many clickbait articles around on r/science. Are those claims true ?


TITLE: What was your 'I don't get paid enough for this' moment at work?
POST: My boss insisted that everybody be at their desks at 8:30 sharp. She made me take roll on an attendance sheet and hand it into her everyday. She also made me do it at lunch time (when everybody left and came back) and when they left at night. Took roll for a bunch of adults three times a day. I don't work there anymore.
POST: Oh man, I'm actually relieved, because I had to do this same shit to my subordinates, and honestly I made up numbers 99% of the time because they worked their full hours and could prove it, and their performance was the best in the office because they weren't being crushed by an asshole dictator. I left after I was told to follow my subordinates to the bathroom to time their breaks in there, and one of my team was a pregnant woman. When I objected, I was told by the highest management that I was immature, not a team player, and I had to do exactly everything I was told, no questions asked. No exaggeration, those are direct quotes. I made sure my folks were covered and handed in my resignation. After I left, my friends there told me that a bunch of other people walked too. It was a great place to work for my first two years, but the manager had never held that position, was stubborn, and hated millennials, and so went out of her way to be horrible to her own staff. No ragerts, yo.


TITLE: Teaching my 6 year old sister how to play dbd is amazing and incredibly frustrating as well
POST: 6 is a bit too young, especially a game about killing people
POST: Hey tell her that she sees me play this daily and she wanted me to teach her how


TITLE: This duck got trapped under the ice (xpost from /r/nonononoyes)
POST: I don't think this poor duck was being helped
POST: No. They were being hunted. Please take this down u/the_ebb_and_flow


TITLE: Gregory Maxwell is still convinced that a 1mb block size limit was good for Bitcoin adoption.
POST: They are backward like that. Best we move on with the solution. Bitcoin Cash proves they were wrong about this and many other things.
POST: well, until it has more tx and more hashpower, not to mention higher price, bch does not prove a damn thing...


TITLE: Do you use tire shine?
POST: I think it's more of a practical thing, rather than a preference. A brand new tire is dark black and matte. Yes, that does look great. However after getting some sun a tire turns grey'ish and kind of chalky. It's just cheap and readily available to grab some tire shine and quickly make them dark black and shiny! There may be product out there for dark black and matte, but I'm assuming the shine is just cheaper and more readily available.
POST: Of course there are other products out there. 303, Perl, and others are dressings which are not high shine.


TITLE: Which scenario is the most common when it comes to the reasons women divorce?
POST: Please actually look at the divorce/marriages statistics first:[Here's more statistics on Divorce!](<URL>) * Lack of commitment 73% * Argue too much 56% * Infidelity 55% * Married too young 46% * Unrealistic expectations 45% * Lack of equality in the relationship 44% * Lack of preparation for marriage 41% * [Domestic Violence](<URL>) or Abuse 25% (Respondents often cited more that one reason, therefore the percentages add up to much more than 100 percent)
POST: Wow! That website has some startling statistics on how female sexual history impacts marriage: > - Women who lost their virginity as a teenager are more than twice as likely to get divorced in the first 5 years of marriage than women who waited until age 18 or older. > - Women with 6 or more premarital sexual partners are almost 3 times less likely to be in a stable marriage. Female sexual history obviously plays a big role in the success of marriage.

false causality: A = non-traditional sexuality of women, B = increased number of divorce


TITLE: I need help with a debate
POST: What is he saying/rephrasing?
POST: I'll give you an example, I was telling him about how hell is not justifiable in any way. He repeatedly said that sinning against god is the worst sin so it is and he just kept saying it in different ways.


TITLE: CMV: The NRA is a terrorist organization, and it would be legal under the Insurrection act for the US to take military action against it
POST: No. The NRA does not use terror to stop common sense laws that would stop those deaths. Background checks are common sense, assault weapon bans are not. With the amount of weapons in the USA and the ease of smuggling in the country assault weapon bans wouldn't do anything because you could still get then illegally. The majority of gun deaths don't happen because someone who legally owns a gun does something illegal. The majority of deaths happen because someone who illegally owns a gun does something illegal. Restrictions on acquisitions are not going to stop that. Enforcement of possession laws will stop that and no politician is campaigning to do that. Even though the NRA would presumably be fine with it.
POST: The NRA commits terror by encouraging circumstances and laws which lead to 30,000 deaths a year The majority of gun deaths are carried out by legal gun owners with no criminal records. 20,000 of the 30,000 gun deaths are caused by legal owners who have never been arrested.

Appeal to Fear: X: NRA is comiting terror by suuporting laws related to carrying weapons, Y: They lead to the death of 30,000 persons per year

False causality: A = There are a large number of weapons in the USA and there is ease of smuggling in the country, B = Assault weapon bans are ineffective.
But it could decrease the number of death

The majority of death are caused by illegally owning gun. If you make owning a gun illegally, the number of illegally own gun is only going to increase. Best case scenario nothing change.

appeal to anger: P1 = the second poster, X = NRA commits terror

false dilemma: X = Ban guns, Y = Enforce the law

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TITLE: Jason? Welcome to Tarrey Town!
POST: How would you ever forget someone who is allowed in Tarrey Town
POST: Exactly! JaSON moves to Tarrey Town and sells um... cargo shorts.


TITLE: I wonder why...
POST: If a child rapist is sent to prison do you think I'm gonna care if someone does the same to them?
POST: What about the criminals who aren't child rapists? What about the men who go to prison because they couldn't pay child support? What about men imprisoned due to false accusations? What about men in prison due to drugs or theft or anything else non-sexual? Do they deserve it too?


TITLE: How is it possible for someone who says he is a liberal to also believe in gun rights and having fiscally responsible government?
POST: Because contrary to what the major political parties and media want you to believe, not everyone fits into boxes.
POST: Everyone fits into boxes, just sometimes they're boxes with only one person in. Politics isn't broad-strokes. It's extremely individualized. This is why I don't get along with many leftists despite being very far left myself.

It could have been an equivocation if it was a proper argument (boxes = social group VS boxes = a collection of indiviuals).

The second post is not really argumentative. It is strange that he argue with a reformulation of the first post, which adds nothing to the debate. However it is not explicitly fallacious


TITLE: 2020 Super Twosday Discussion Live Thread - Part V
POST: Young people who do not vote should be shamed. What can we do to get more young people involved? The barriers today are much less than any other time in history, eg women and people of color segregation and disenfranchisement
POST: Get older people to stop shaming young people and voting for their own old ass candidates.

causal oversimplification: X = much less barriers, Y = young people should vote, A = young people can feel they are not represented by politics


TITLE: Slayer's Dave Lombardo Shares Opinion on Metallica's Lars Ulrich
POST: I'm not a musician so bear with me here. Why the constant debate about Lars' skills? If a successful band in any genre was based only on the very best technical players there would only be a handful of bands out there to listen to right?
POST: It is fair to say that Lars, in the grand scheme of heavy metal drummers, ranks lower when it comes to technical skills, especially compared to the likes of Lombardo or Menza, and his drumming has only gotten lazier and sloppier with time. However, the drumming on the first four albums, especially AFJA, was pretty solid. The fact is, Lars is responsible for some of the most memorable drum parts in metal (like the machine gun double bass part in One) and he is absolutely indispensable to the songwriting process with James. Lars, Kirk and even Cliff have all been criticized for their technical skills, but their creativity, along with James (who is an excellent songwriter and rhythm guitarist), was what made Metallica the greatest metal band of all time, not their chops.

Causal oversimplification: X: Creativity, Y: Metallica the greatest metal band of all time


TITLE: China like the interview,but who is Dr.Lobster?
POST: It's a reference to Peterson. He claimed that hierarchies are good because lobsters have hierarchies as well so it's natural.
POST: He claimed hierarchies are natural, since we can trace hierarchies to lobsters.


TITLE: [Max Payne 3] Think max might be popping too many painkillers at this point tbh
POST: Max payne had plenty of glitchy craziness, loved it though
POST: Max Payne 3 is such a hidden gem. The story is awful compared to the previous two games, but the gameplay is fucking fantastic. The multiplayer was really fun too. Also, this game has the best flip-flop sandal physics I've ever seen in a videogame thus far.


TITLE: Scandinavians of reddit: a lot of the internet thinks you live in a perfect fantasy utopia. What are some issues affecting your countries that the world should know about?
POST: I've lived in Denmark for two years. People are pretty difficult to get close to there (quite introverted) so you can easily end up being lonely. The political correctness can be annoying too if you happen to have different political views than most Scandinavians.
POST: Spot on with the political correctness. I have a couple of quite liberal viewpoints (weed and prostitution should be legal etc), and if my family found out they'd probably all think I was the devil in disguise. Having an opinion that goes against the grain here is not appreciated in the least. You say we have issues with our immigration policies? You're a racist. You say weed should be legal? You're trying to kill our children with drugs. You don't want to go to university just so you can use your diploma to become a cashier? You're a lazy bum who will never succeed at anything


TITLE: Thinking about getting a bearded dragon so I'm gonna start my research right here in this subreddit.
POST: Let me stop you right there...getting information from this subreddit is a sure fire way to ensure you have absolutely no clue what to do. What will happen is you're going to start an argument between 100 different internet "experts" all convinced they know what's best for you. Use veterinary sources to guide your thinking.
POST: Alright good to know, thanks. But maybe you can help me out with one thing, there are so many pictures with people using paper towels instead of substrate. Is that at least a thing everybody is okay with?


TITLE: 'Blow Up the Phones': Demands That #BoltonMustTestify Surge After New Revelations About Ukrainian Aid Freeze. "We are citizens of the United States of America, and we must indeed unite together to stop this GOP cover-up."
POST: Cover up of what?
POST: Trump using taxpayer dollars appropriated by Congress to bribe Ukraine into helping his reelection campaign


TITLE: Yes, this is a poll about raiding and instances.
POST: There is a compromise: Popped bosses. You do a bunch of stuff/farming/crafting to assemble an item that will spawn the boss in the open world. It will automatically be claimed by the group that spawns it. Is it still possible to grief? Yes, but it's more limited. On another note, then I would like to see stuff like BCNMs from FFXI.
POST: I like this a lot, though I still would like to see a lockout timer for the party that spawns it. Only because, while the requirement may seem intense and unrepeatable when it's first discovered, inevitably raiding guilds will amass the supplies to farm the item, and thus the boss, and will need to be slowed down. But otherwise, I think this is a great way to let a group try the raid when they're ready on their own time, without being punished by raid guilds. :) Now, I never played FFXI; what are BCNMs?


TITLE: What is going on with my toenails?! It is painful, it is ugly and I am so ready to be rid of it.
POST: I'd say it's damage of scarring of the nail bed by trauma (long time standing and poor fitting shoes). You can see from the ridges of the nail that it's become thickened in response to the trauma. Nothing much you can really do my friend apart from having the nail removed (which I did as mine were much worse that yours).
POST: Thank you for answering - how was it to get the nails removed? Did it hurt at all - or is it like when you get teeth removed and it just feels very, very strange? And I completely agree that this wont go away on its own. Should I try the GP/doctor again or find a specialist foot doctor?


TITLE: Was happy to receive my first ThinkPad which is a T450. eBay posting was wrong and listed it as a 1920x1080 display and I knew right away it wasn't.
POST: So if it was advertised with the 1080p screen, but doesn't have that, you could get a refund and return it - "not as described" - or, contact the vendor and negotiate a rebate.
POST: Im hoping I can negotiate a rebate because Id prefer to keep the machine and upgrade the screen myself


TITLE: This may get me cancelled
POST: tl;dr: rushed and rejected from one sorority, should I rush another? Answer: yes
POST: I'll correct you lol because I don't want it to look spiteful and NPHC's demeanor towards Greek life is a little different... TL;DR: rushed and rejected from one sorority, didn't like how the chapter handles themselves as a whole, should I rush another sorority that may align with my views better even if they are "rivals".


TITLE: Teachers
POST: 1 month late, but taught every grade from 4th to 12th at any given point in 4 years as a teacher
POST: You taught 4 different grades per year??


TITLE: What makes a people think they're smart, when they really aren't?
POST: confirmation bias.
POST: Yeah, what he said.


TITLE: Buy and sell in SD?
POST: 1. Craigslist 2. Your stuff isn't worth nearly as much as you think 3. You may end up having to pay somebody to haul some of your stuff away 4. Again, craiglist 'gigs' is a good place to find somebody to pay to haul your 'valuables' away
POST: Thank you! Needed a bit of grounding during the move out anxiety haha.


TITLE: In mid-December, a model from the CA government predicted 75K COVID hospitalizations by mid-January, steep growth from the 16K then hospitalized. Yesterday, CA had less than 21K COVID hospitalizations.
POST: In all honesty have we seen one single Covid related model turn out to be correct or even close in the past 10 months?
POST: Every one I remember seeing has proven itself to be between 50% and 90% overstated. Our death counts ended up being 10% of what the models were forecasting. One of the cities here went from three overflow hospitals to finding locations for one back in April, then only building a permanent one which has never been staffed. They claim they don't have the personnel to staff them....despite the state's NG being given authorization from our governor to send its stock of nurses and doctors to do it. It makes me wonder of it was just the usual bureaucratic waste or if they've got a future use in mind for the facility...

Causal oversimplification: X: not having the personnel to staff them despite the stock of nurses and doctors. Y: Empty hospital. A: Diffculty to recruit

Equivocation: A=They can't hire staff, T1=staff, M1=permanent personnel, B=They have authorization to get the stock of nurses and doctors (the staff), T2=stock of nurses and doctors, M2=temporary personnel for crisis

False Dilemma: X=Bureaucratic waste, Y=Untold futur plan

hasty gen: P = all people having seen a COVID model, S = all friends of the poster having seen a COVID model think they are overstated. C = all COVID models are overstated

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TITLE: High-calorie sandwiches?
POST: Peanut... butter...??? Also you could drizzle olive oil on bread and toast it to increase calorie intake. Use brioche bread (super high calorie and unhealthy)
POST: I dont like peanut butter unfortunately, I like your olive oil idea though. Thanks!


TITLE: Has anyone spent a lot of time using spaced repetition notecards (like with Anki, etc.), particularly with reviewing blunders on your games?
POST: FWIW I remember this podcast episode where the guest talked about using notecards <URL>
POST: Came here to comment this. I think she said she got the trick from John Bartholomew.


TITLE: Political double standard
POST: The mustard thing really drives me crazy because he was at a deli. He wasn't at some persons house calling them trash when they didn't have his preferred condiment, they're supposed to have that stuff. It's like getting mad at someone when they ask for marinara at a pizza joint.
POST: What gets me the most about the whole thing is Hannity trying to make Obama sound all elite and fancy and out of touch for wanting dijon mustard. Dijon mustard isn't even fancy or special or anything. It's like $2 a jar.


TITLE: What makes you play this over post scriptum?
POST: I feel like HLL is more of a hardcore BF where as PS looks more like Arma Lite. I want to enjoy a shooter with team work and strategy on a large scale. I like the relatively fast paced gameplay, less down time, more engagements, smaller maps and leathal weapons make for epic flanks, as a result i feel like as a single player i can have a decent impact on a game - i just enjoy the pacing and the way combat plays out (im nervous that the infantry vehicles will fuck this up). I'll admit that PS's wider range of factions does look very attractive but at the end of the day whats the point in having all these unique and interesting guns and what not when for most of the game you arent going to be using them because your going to be on the move and then when you do its spamming suppressing fire at a hedge. Edit: to be clear i might be 100% wrong about PS i havent played it but thats just the vibe i got from the gameplay ive seen.
POST: You havent played but are talking about it like this? Oof

tu quoque: P1 = first poster, X = claiming things about PS, Y = P1 didn't played PS

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TITLE: What if the trait is humanity?
POST: Circular/tautological reasoning. You're assuming your conclusion to be true in yoir premises, and the argument doesn't move* in any direction. > P1: Humans have moral value. (Conclusion assumed in premises.) > P2: Humans are human. (Tautology.) > C: Humans have moral value.
POST: It's not circular at all because NTT doesn't revolve around proving human moral value.


TITLE: Got this 41 year old Soviet electronic calculator back up and running, just needed new caps!
POST: Awesome! Now make it say boobs.
POST: / Buffer overflow (The Russian word (*bufyer* or *boofer*) can mean both "buffer" and "boob"; the connection is via railroad buffers, the twin shock absorbers used to dampen the impact of a train car hitting a stop.)