A form of Reality Bias where one invokes "reality" as a trump card, treating their position as simply how things are and any alternative as literally out of touch with reality. The fallacy lies in claiming direct access to the real while others are trapped in illusion, ideology, or wishful thinking—without demonstrating why one's own access is privileged. "You're not living in the real world" becomes a way of dismissing views one dislikes without engaging them. This fallacy allows the speaker to position themselves as the realist, the pragmatist, the one who sees things as they really are—while everyone else is merely dreaming.
Example: "He dismissed her policy proposals as 'not living in the real world'—never explaining why his preferred policies were any more realistic. Argumentum Ad Realitatem: using 'reality' as a cudgel rather than a standard."
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Get the Argumentum Ad Realitatem mug.A form of Majoritarian Bias where one invokes majority opinion as proof of correctness, treating popularity as validation. The fallacy lies in assuming that because many people believe something, it must be true—or because most people support something, it must be right. "The majority supports it" becomes an argument-ending move, as if numbers could settle questions of truth or justice. This fallacy ignores that majorities have been wrong throughout history, that truth is not decided by vote, and that justice often requires opposing majority opinion. It's argument by crowd, not by reason.
Example: "When asked about the policy's ethical problems, he simply said 'most people voted for it.' Argumentum Ad Comitia: treating election results as moral justification."
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"Argument" używany kiedy osobnikowi zabraknie jakiś logicznych lub sensownych argumentów, który głównie zahacza o członka twojej rodziny.
Osobnik 1 - "Uważam, że Dark Souls II jest zajebistą grą!"
Osobnik 2 - "A ja uważam że zajebiście to twoja stara ciągnie mi lachę"
Osobnik 1 - "Argumentum ad twoja stara"
Osobnik 2 - "A ja uważam że zajebiście to twoja stara ciągnie mi lachę"
Osobnik 1 - "Argumentum ad twoja stara"
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1. An argument so intense and hostile that it resembles an all-out war.
2. A clash of words marked by aggression, stubbornness, and zero chill.
1. An argument so intense and hostile that it resembles an all-out war.
2. A clash of words marked by aggression, stubbornness, and zero chill.
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Get the Wargument mug.An argument in which a person with an absurdly high IQ taunts another person, whose IQ is slightly (but significantly) lower, until the latter person cracks and storms out in a fit of anger (usually takes all of 30 seconds)
Fiona: Man, did you see Jono storm out of here before?
Hannah: Yeah, don't worry about that, we just had a Jono Argument
Hannah: Yeah, don't worry about that, we just had a Jono Argument
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Lucy is so adorably argumentatively modest, she always fights me when I tell her she is amazing and beautiful.
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