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  • #16
    1. "me me me and again me"
    2. "you aren't a unique snowflake. I am"
    I will never understand why some people on Apolyton find you so clever. You're predictable, mundane, and a google-whore and the most observant of us all know this. Your battles of "wits" rely on obscurity and whenever you fail to find something sufficiently obscure, like this, you just act like a 5 year old. Congratulations, molly.

    Asher on molly bloom

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    • #17
      God said it. I believe it. And that settles it.

      NOT!

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      • #18
        Byte me.
        Life is not measured by the number of breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.
        "Hating America is something best left to Mobius. He is an expert Yank hater.
        He also hates Texans and Australians, he does diversify." ~ Braindead

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        • #19
          If you criticize x without also criticizing y or z, you are a racist to x!

          Examples, many, if you talk about problems in the muslim world in the XXI century, you also have to mention for example the inquisition or you are seen as anti muslim.
          I need a foot massage

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          • #20
            The tactic I like to use most,

            "Yeah, but I'M the one holding the gun!"
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            • #21
              "Variable yields!"
              I've allways wanted to play "Russ Meyer's Civilization"

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              • #22
                I prefer the preemptive you read, listen to, or have otherwise heard of this via source X therefor you teh suk.
                "Just puttin on the foil" - Jeff Hanson

                “In a democracy, I realize you don’t need to talk to the top leader to know how the country feels. When I go to a dictatorship, I only have to talk to one person and that’s the dictator, because he speaks for all the people.” - Jimmy Carter

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                • #23
                  Perfection, exactly!

                  I don't like it when .. when you make a comprehensive post, and you pre-empt lots of future arguments with it, then someone takes that ONE line and disagrees with it, and somehow that's at least a tie?

                  I'd say the lack of recognition, that is, if you make a good argument, it doesn't make it wrong or demolished just because someone says so.

                  I don't like when people trivialize things, and I don't like when they make some things way too complex when it's not necessary, of course which one is at hand is something I choose .
                  In da butt.
                  "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
                  THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
                  "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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                  • #24
                    :beer:

                    Pekka is teh truth...
                    The Wizard of AAHZ

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                    • #25
                      My favourite: "X is false, because [fallacious argument against Y]". Often used by fundies: "Species do not evolve from other species, because only God can create life from unlife".
                      This is Shireroth, and Giant Squid will brutally murder me if I ever remove this link from my signature | In the end it won't be love that saves us, it will be mathematics | So many people have this concept of God the Avenger. I see God as the ultimate sense of humor -- SlowwHand

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                      • #26
                        I used to say I bring the truth, but that's I think much better. If I am the truth, well... debate over . Thanks, I have to start to use that.
                        In da butt.
                        "Do not worry if others do not understand you. Instead worry if you do not understand others." - Confucius
                        THE UNDEFEATED SUPERCITIZEN w:4 t:2 l:1 (DON'T ASK!)
                        "God is dead" - Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" - God.

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                        • #27
                          The argument I hate the most, because it's subtle, is: when someone puts an issue very high to the agenda, thus making it look like it's the central issue.

                          It's a PITA when you're talking about a problem that has many causes and consequences: the other guy talks almost solely about his own pet cause, and only acknowledges the other causes so that he can't be called on that.

                          For example, you could imagine a poster talking at length about Blacks and crime, while posting one-word-hints that blackness isn't the only cause of crime.
                          "I have been reading up on the universe and have come to the conclusion that the universe is a good thing." -- Dissident
                          "I never had the need to have a boner." -- Dissident
                          "I have never cut off my penis when I was upset over a girl." -- Dis

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                          • #28
                            Using their own words against them.

                            Though I don't really like to debate. I just want people to listen and STFU.
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                            • #29
                              "Everyone knows X to be true"

                              "But the US does/did Y"

                              I swear, these two come up in nearly every debate I've been in. Maybe everyone really does know that the US did Y. Am I out of the loop?
                              “As a lifelong member of the Columbia Business School community, I adhere to the principles of truth, integrity, and respect. I will not lie, cheat, steal, or tolerate those who do.”
                              "Capitalism ho!"

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                              • #30
                                I love it when an argument is exactly the same I previously responded to, so I can just link it to my old reply.
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