Argument Picking

A form of fallacy picking where you select specific parts of an opponent's argument to invalidate the whole, rather than engaging point by point. The move identifies a weak point, a minor error, or a poorly chosen example and uses it to dismiss everything else—as if one flawed brick collapses the entire building. Argument Picking is selective destruction: find the weakest part, attack it relentlessly, then declare victory over the whole. The fallacy lies in treating the whole as no stronger than its weakest part, ignoring that arguments are webs, not chains. One weak strand doesn't collapse the web.

"He found one minor factual error in my twenty-point argument and declared everything invalid. That's Argument Picking—selective destruction pretending to be comprehensive critique. One mistake doesn't make everything wrong; it just makes one thing wrong. But picking lets you feel victorious without engaging the other nineteen points."

by Dumu The Void March 3, 2026

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Evidence Picking

A broader and more blatant form of cherry-picking where you selectively choose which pieces of evidence to present, creating a false narrative. It’s the borderer form between simply omitting data and actively fabricating it. You present your "evidence" as a complete picture, but it's actually a carefully curated collection of facts that support your case, with all contradictory facts left on the cutting room floor. It’s the hallmark of a biased documentary or a misleading advertisement.

Example: "The documentary was just evidence picking; they interviewed only happy customers and completely ignored the thousands with complaints."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

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Effect Picking

A form of cherry-picking where you selectively focus on certain effects or outcomes of a process while deliberately ignoring or minimizing others, especially the side effects. It’s used to make a complex issue look simple and beneficial. For example, a company might highlight the job-creation effect of a new factory while completely ignoring the effect of pollution on the local community. You pick the effects that matter to your argument and discard the rest.

Example: "The politician was effect picking by only talking about the tax cuts' effect on the stock market, while ignoring its effect on the national debt."

by Dumu The Void March 11, 2026

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Clean Pikinini

A pikinini in Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin is a small child. Clean here is used as a descriptive adjective to mean something that is perfect or cool etc. "Ah clean, clean" is said when Papua New Guineans see something cool or amazing. So Clean Pikinini refers to someone, not necessarily a small child, who does something cool or is cool. The term is used as a compliment.

Jake scores 100/100 on his Mathematics exam

Harry says "Ah, clean pikinini!"

by batadonz March 13, 2026

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Frog Piking

A tradition that started when the Black Swamp was drained in Ohio during the 1800's, due to the overpopulation of frogs afterwards.

Locals will take a toothpick or other similar object and shove it up the frog's ass and have it come out the mouth, then plant the frog pike in the ground, usually a public park. This tradition is very popular during July.

"Hey dude, are you going frog piking later?"
"YEAH!!! Fuck them frogs!"

by Beef_the_Dog March 17, 2025

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