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hallvors Feb 13

@Lana brilliant. I liked, voted and boosted.

@hallvors Wow I can't believe I like this comment more than I like Arguments from Incredulity!!

🇺🇦 haxadecimal 🚫👑Feb 14

@Lana @hallvors
Discussing the middle adds confusion to any discussion, so I always exclude it.

Ratsnake Games 🔞Feb 13

@Lana Abraham Lincoln told me false attribution is just a form of appeal to authority

@ratsnakegames Let's compromise and say the Middle Ground is an appeal to false authority.

Dianora (Diane Bruce)Feb 14

@ratsnakegames @Lana Funny, Einstein told me the same thing!

√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ (Etaoin Shrdlu)Feb 13

@Lana Vote the fallacy of an American observing autumn: “Fall, I see… 🍂🍁👀”

√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ (Etaoin Shrdlu)Feb 13

@Lana (Perhaps a fallacy because, “Don’t worry; this November we’ll fix *everything*!”

(Fallacy around and fall out.)

@juanejot this is a Persuasive Definition of the word fallacy.

√-ʇoɾəuɐnɾ (Etaoin Shrdlu)Feb 13

@Lana “These guys are literal Nazis; change my regime!”

Ozzelot

Feb 13

@Lana hehe, phallusy

i guess... distraction by dick joke?

Pseudo Nym Feb 13

@Lana

I'm old enough that we covered these in 6th grade (about 11 years old) in public school along with other rhetorical devices.

I wish we still taught this stuff.

smells of bikes Feb 13

@pseudonym @Lana my manager has a HUGE "the common logical fallacies" poster that takes up like half of one wall in his office. It comes in useful.

patrislav ♾️ #RIPNatenom Feb 14

@pseudonym would do much for media literacy @Lana

@Lana 👌

@Lana love this

@Lana We most vote for something, this is something, therefore we must vote for this.

Jon Moore Feb 13

@Lana this is art

⁂ Fish Id Wardrobe Feb 13

@Lana you missed out survivorship bias…

bit101 Feb 13

@fishidwardrobe @Lana it didn't make the cut

syn Feb 13

@Lana bandwagon fallacy was almost winning so I voted for that

@syn don't Move the Goalposts you just didn't like the other choices

Andrea Venturi Feb 14

@syn @Lana i was looking for this commenti ad indeed i did the same!!

Anyway Lana, there's surely an error in the math, because i don't see this at the top!! Please check..

Jean Feb 13

@Lana Not a fallacy, but I think fundamental attribution error is particularly interesting and reveals a lot about human behavior.

@jeanv If By fundamental you mean filled with Whiskey, the devil's juice, a plague upon humanity, and cause of the greatest sins against God ever committed by humankind, then I agree.

Jean Feb 13

@Lana It's horrible, but being aware of it makes a person a lot better equipped to deal with it.

Jack the Frosted Count Feb 14

@jeanv @Lana Merely being aware of whiskey doesn't equip one to deal with it; for that, you need a good heavy-bottomed glass and a jazz record.

Andreas K Feb 14

@Lana
The greatest subs committed against an abstract concept, that for some of reason is written with a capitalized starting letter?
@jeanv

Zuthal Feb 13

@Lana Throwing into the ring: "Well, everyone I asked is talking about sampling bias"

Army of the 12 Muskrats Feb 13

@Lana
If all your friends were named Cliff would you jump off of them too?

@OrdRadical Whatabout my friend Clifford?

Daniel ☀

Feb 13

@Lana This toot should be nominated to the Best Toots of 2026 awards or something. Really good, funny and clever!

dasgrueneblatt Feb 13

@Lana this is wonderful, thank you

Victor Gijsbers Feb 13

@Lana If I vote for affirming the consequent, it might win.
It might win.
Therefore I vote for affirming the consequent.

Jonathan Schuster Feb 13

@Lana "Correlation is not causation" is the best because most fallacious reasoning mentions a correlation.

dave@yourcomputer #

Feb 13

@Lana Tu Quoque is my favourite band

@dave me too, because you said so

@Lana turtles!

@alice @Lana Won't anybody think of the turtles? 😭

Ludwig Vielfrass Feb 13

@Lana this is the best poll I’ve ever seen on the internet.

@lerxst at the end of the day, you know what they say. Thought Ending Cliche.

SecondUniverse (she/her/they)Feb 14

@Lana is mansplaining the Phallus Fallacy?

@SecondUniverse Lana is not a man, therefore she is Denying the Antecedent

SecondUniverse (she/her/they)Feb 14

@Lana Let's not forget the Slopsplaining Fallacy - "AI says so"

SixSider Feb 15

@SecondUniverse @Lana Or, you know, just phallusy

Blackoverflow Feb 14

@Lana
Normalcy bias until they come for me.

Shoe Bill Feb 14

@Lana @Aurani

I'm torn between denying the antecedent and affirming the consequent, honestly.

Mika Feb 14

@Lana i just want to say thanks for demoing all the poll-colours in my custom-toy-side-project-mastodon-client!

@mika incredible 🩷

Lightfighter Feb 14

@Lana Ad hoc, ergo propter hoc.

@Lightfighter your comment caused this response 😉

Trav / Theresa Feb 14

@Lana I like how "vote Slippery Slope, next thing you're doing drugs" is still posed as an argument in favor

@CoyoteTraveller hey I never said they were *bad* drugs

subbak Feb 14

@CoyoteTraveller @Lana A vote for Bart is a vote for Anarchy!

monotremata Feb 14

@Lana Conjunction fallacy can't simply win. It's more likely it'll be added to the poll first, and *then* win.

Sir Osis of Liver 🇨🇦 🇲🇽Feb 14

@Lana

Awesome poll. 🙂

Years ago I used to inject the Logical Fallacy Referee into some discussions on a forum I used to belong to.

It was good fun and REALLY seemed to irritate some of the folks whose arguments were basically a series of fallacies.

Huh. The page is still up: https://imgur.com/a/QDbyt/all

🙂

My camera shoots fascists Feb 14

@Sir_Osis_of_Liver @Lana

Omg that's hilarious! Especially the "Godwin's fallacy: Too many Hitlers on the field.

Arthur van der Harg Feb 14

@Sir_Osis_of_Liver @Lana Love these! Mind if I borrow some of these some time?