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That line of thinking is just a Kevin fallacy!
That line of thinking is just a Kevin fallacy!
by Vihörs February 24, 2024
Get the Kevin fallacy mug.Hym "What the entire conservative position has become over the last for years. The slippery slope fallacy. We can't do this because THEN they'll want THAT! And then pretty soon we'll be holding our kids butthole open for the pedophiles!"
by Hym Iam March 15, 2024
Get the Slippery slope fallacy mug.A hypothesis that predicts a pattern of hypocrisy from prominent figures in entertainment, politics, etc. It posits that, "the louder someone is for a value of ethic and/or moral behavior, the less likely they actually subscribed to it in their personal lives." The name comes from the stereotypical "Christian values" conservative who supports anti-LGBTQ legislation, only to get caught leaving a gay bar or sleeping with a male prostitute. This isn't isolated to such cases, as the Gay Republican fallacy applies to any case of a public figure who's a proponent for a specific cause/value getting outed for actions that contradict their advocacy. This can be a celebrity who's a big supporter of feminism, only to get ousted for having a history of predatory behavior. It could also be a reality TV show husband whose a proponent of "traditional family values" and being loyal to your wife getting caught having an affair or an account on an adult chat site. Maybe is comes from a place of guilt or self-loathing, or maybe these individuals' public personas are a self aware grift to draw up support from specific demographics (the religious, the politically correct, etc.). The answer is unclear, but the Gay Republican fallacy always has been and always will be; as ling as there's a celebrity or politician ruins their reputation by being a complete hypocrite.
Wow, James Franco hopped on the #metoo movement, only to get ousted for using his acting school to pressure female students into sleeping with him. Just another example of the Gay Republican Fallacy.
by Metrodweller33 March 20, 2024
Get the The Gay Republican fallacy mug.Person 1: I have studied Flat Earth For 6 Years and Know without a shadow of a doubt Earth is Flat
Person 2: Can you Prove that with any repeatable, tests, experiments, or Observations?
Person 1: I have one picture someone else took but you should just trust me bro because I've been researching for 6 years and don't have any real evidence.
Person 2: That's A Nathan Fallacy
Person 2: Can you Prove that with any repeatable, tests, experiments, or Observations?
Person 1: I have one picture someone else took but you should just trust me bro because I've been researching for 6 years and don't have any real evidence.
Person 2: That's A Nathan Fallacy
by Just show Proof March 31, 2024
Get the Nathan fallacy mug.When someone decides a joke is “not funny” just because they took it literally or didn’t realize it was a joke, even though it was meant humorously and others understood it that way
Person 1: “I’d rather eat dogs than this shit.”
Person 2: “HAHA!”
Person 3: “LOL!”
Person 4: “No you would not.”
Person 1: It was a joke chill.”
Person 4: “Jokes are supposed to be funny.”
Person 1: “That’s a Literal Joke Fallacy.”
Person 2: “HAHA!”
Person 3: “LOL!”
Person 4: “No you would not.”
Person 1: It was a joke chill.”
Person 4: “Jokes are supposed to be funny.”
Person 1: “That’s a Literal Joke Fallacy.”
by Dogoraga January 23, 2026
Get the Literal Joke Fallacy mug.The frustrating reality that identifying a logical fallacy in someone's argument does not automatically prove their conclusion wrong, nor does it validate your own. Fallacies are flaws in reasoning, not truth detectors. The "hard problem" is the temptation to use fallacy labels (e.g., "that's just an ad hominem!") as a rhetorical knockout punch, ending the discussion while providing zero substantive counter-argument. This reduces critical thinking to a game of fallacy bingo, where the goal is to spot errors rather than collaboratively pursue truth. A conclusion reached via fallacious reasoning can still be accidentally true, and a logically pristine argument can lead to a false conclusion if its premises are wrong.
Example: Person A: "We should fix the bridge. The engineer who designed it is a known liar!" Person B: "Ad hominem fallacy! Invalid argument, the bridge is fine." B has correctly spotted a fallacy (attacking the person, not the bridge's condition), but has done nothing to assess the actual safety of the bridge. The hard problem: Winning the logical battle doesn't win the factual war. The bridge might still be crumbling, but the conversation is now dead, replaced by a smug scorecard of who used logic correctly. Hard Problem of Logical Fallacies.
by Dumuabzu January 25, 2026
Get the Hard Problem of Logical Fallacies mug.The broader epistemic dilemma that human reasoning is inherently and ubiquitously fallible. We are not logic machines; we use heuristics, emotions, and social biases to navigate the world. The "hard problem" is that if we strictly applied formal logical standards, almost all everyday reasoning, political discourse, and even scientific hypothesis generation would be riddled with fallacies (appeals to probability, anecdotal reasoning, appeals to intuition). This creates a paradox: to demand pure logical form is to paralyze human thought and communication, yet to ignore fallacies is to descend into irrationality. Navigating this requires pragmatic wisdom, not just a textbook of errors.
Example: A scientist has a "hunch" about an experiment based on a single weird result (anecdotal fallacy). This illogical leap leads them to a groundbreaking discovery. The hard problem: The fallacy was a crucial creative step. If a logic purist had stopped them, saying "That's statistically insignificant, you're committing a fallacy," progress would have halted. This shows that fallacies aren't just bugs in our thinking; they're sometimes features of our exploratory, pattern-seeking minds. The challenge is knowing when to tolerate them as scaffolding and when to demolish them as faulty structures. Hard Problem of Fallacies.
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