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
Get the Argument Picking mug.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
Get the Evidence Picking mug.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."
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Get the cheese picking mug.The equivalent of cherry picking
When somebody proceeds to sort out the good from the bad.
Example; when you go apple picking and pick the apples you would like to purchase.
Also known as Selective picking & cherry-picking/
Selecting in favor of ; especially for the benefit of some individual.
A sneaky person who is kiss ass for higher ups goes apple picking on employees he does not personally like to gloat himself & belittle others even if the employee is hard working & favored by many person.
Another definition is a person is likes to pick out the defects of other people for no good reason.
When somebody proceeds to sort out the good from the bad.
Example; when you go apple picking and pick the apples you would like to purchase.
Also known as Selective picking & cherry-picking/
Selecting in favor of ; especially for the benefit of some individual.
A sneaky person who is kiss ass for higher ups goes apple picking on employees he does not personally like to gloat himself & belittle others even if the employee is hard working & favored by many person.
Another definition is a person is likes to pick out the defects of other people for no good reason.
Hectora went apple picking for the employees faults in order to please the people that pay him, even though the majority of his paycheck is based from the very co-workers he critisizes.
Hectora should learn to appreciate his fellow co-workers instead of apple picking their smallest mistakes.
Junior likes to apple pick at what he likes in business & what he dislikes in his fellow co workers.
Johhny went apple picking for women at the bar. {To sort out the women he likes from the ones he doesn't like}
Hectora should learn to appreciate his fellow co-workers instead of apple picking their smallest mistakes.
Junior likes to apple pick at what he likes in business & what he dislikes in his fellow co workers.
Johhny went apple picking for women at the bar. {To sort out the women he likes from the ones he doesn't like}
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Get the Nick Picking mug.Derived from the movie elf, it’s a racial slur intended towards a colored person who is known to pick cotton, and resembles a monkey.
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