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Argumentum ad Te et Verbum

A compound fallacy combining Argumentum ad Te and Argumentum ad Verbum: claiming that someone is proving the opposing point by their word choice. "You are proving the point of the post by trivializing the word X" is the classic form. The move claims that the way someone uses language demonstrates the truth of what they're opposing—a double evasion that avoids content by focusing on the relationship between word choice and argumentative position. It's meta, it's clever, and it's completely unresponsive to substance.
"I used the term 'conspiracy theory' carefully in a critique. Response: 'See? You're using that term exactly how the post said people would—you're proving its point!' That's Argumentum ad Te et Verbum—using my word choice and my position to dismiss my argument without engaging it. My word choice becomes evidence against me, my response becomes proof of their point. It's a rhetorical hall of mirrors with no exit."
by Dumu The Void March 2, 2026
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The Real Cost Vaping Ad

If you vape you could be inhaling toxic metals into your lungs. To show how scary that is we made a metal monster! (Wilhelm Scream) But nothing is as scary as the facts. Vaping can deliver toxic metals like nickel and lead into your lungs. That’s metal, in your lungs!
Person 1: What's the worst YouTube ad?
Person 2: The Real Cost Vaping Ad
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VOKI_AD

Gay ass songwriter who sings about dick
Friend 1: listen to voki_ad it's so good!
Friend 2: *listens* this is so ass.
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Law of the Valid Ad Hoc

The principle that ad hoc constructionsexplanations, arguments, solutions devised for a specific purpose—can be genuinely valid within their limited domain. The law is a defense of pragmatism against purism: not everything needs to be universal to be useful. A theory that explains one phenomenon, even if it fails elsewhere, is valid for that phenomenon. A solution that works once, even if not replicable, is valid for that once. The law of the valid ad hoc reminds us that validity is not all-or-nothing; it comes in degrees and contexts. The valid ad hoc is the workhorse of practical life, even if it doesn't make it into textbooks.
Example: "She jury-rigged a fix for her broken printer using tape and a paperclip. It worked exactly once, for exactly one document, then fell apart. The law of the valid ad hoc said: it was valid for that document, at that moment. It wasn't engineering; it was survival. Sometimes survival is enough."
by Dumu The Void February 17, 2026
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Slang Italian definition, an ancient lenguage ancestor of the Italian, it litteraly means "and you who talks like that what do you want from me?? Go kill yourself breathing gas!"

Slang italiano, deriva da un dialetto antico, significa letteralmente "e tu che parli così cosa vuoi da me? Fai una cosa e vatti ad uccidere con il gas!"
-Hey, could you please send me your homework?
-no.

-E ka ti parl d acs da me c ve cercand Fo na cos vatt ad acck pu gas
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