kyno fallacy: the idea that calling a random ass fallacy will instantly make your point right or will make you win the argument
*twitter screenshot*: "anime is supposed to be perfect, but black people ruin that"
denzel: hes not 100% wrong
harry: thats racist bro
denzel: STRAWMAN FALLACY!!!!!!
harry: how is that a strawman? sounds like the kyno fallacy to me
denzel: hes not 100% wrong
harry: thats racist bro
denzel: STRAWMAN FALLACY!!!!!!
harry: how is that a strawman? sounds like the kyno fallacy to me
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Get the kyno fallacy mug.The false assumption that a person who belongs to some arbitrary group definition must therefore think like the stereotypical archetype of that group.
"Just because he's from California doesn't mean he subscribes to its politics; that's just a hivemind fallacy."
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A subcategory of the common strawman fallacy.
A Redditman Fallacy is when a user pushes an agenda by showing a screenshot of a reddit post. This reddit post is usually atrocious in quality or with terrible takes, in which the user may clown and easily defeat the argument in order to push their agenda.
An example of this is clear in politically motivated twitter accounts using screenshots including but not limited to reddit posts
A Redditman Fallacy is when a user pushes an agenda by showing a screenshot of a reddit post. This reddit post is usually atrocious in quality or with terrible takes, in which the user may clown and easily defeat the argument in order to push their agenda.
An example of this is clear in politically motivated twitter accounts using screenshots including but not limited to reddit posts
Very smart individual 1 : Look at this reddit post of <group they disagree with>! And they're calling us <insert buzzword>
Very smart individual 2 : Wow, I agree,
Everyone else : This is literally a Redditman Fallacy
Very smart individual 2 : Wow, I agree,
Everyone else : This is literally a Redditman Fallacy
by slowstrokegoat June 11, 2023
Get the Redditman Fallacy mug.When someone in an argument attempts to deny your argument by nitpicking a small mistake, such as a mis-pronunciation or typo. Named after the famous "end him rightly" meme, where a fencing opponent throws their pommel in your face as a distraction.
"That's actually a sea lion, not a seal, therefore you're completely wrong about everything" "Bullcrap, that's The pommel fallacy"
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Get the PE teacher fallacy mug.One-sided coin fallacy occurs when a person only looks at one side of things, hence ¨one-sided coin fallacy¨. It occurs when someone argues that an action can exist while being completely oblivious that said action must have an opposite reaction.
Person A: Why are governments so stupid man? They can just raise the minimum wage to get rid of poverty.
Person B: Lol, that´s a one-sided coin fallacy. You can´t only look at the minimum wage going up, you also need to realize that companies paying more on wages will just make all their products more expensive.
Person B: Lol, that´s a one-sided coin fallacy. You can´t only look at the minimum wage going up, you also need to realize that companies paying more on wages will just make all their products more expensive.
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