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The slippery slope is a logical fallacy... and a fact of life.

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the Christian right doesn't talk about Jesus much at all, certainly not in a political context.  the Bible, yes they do, Christ, not so much.

That thread in general is really good for these.

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The slippery slope is a logical fallacy... and a fact of life.

Actually, slippery slopes are not true logical fallacies.  They are informal fallacies.

Which are informally grouped with logical fallacies.

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barfbag is in most respects one of the worst non-troll new posters we've had in a while, but the combination of the context, the pithiness of the post, and his username make this oddly insightful, if not exactly unique or original:

This thread makes me want to throw up.

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barfbag...non-troll...

I really don't think barfbag is a troll. I dearly wish that I did, and am open to being convinced.

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I hadn't seen that post before. No, I don't believe that that, at least, could have been serious, at least not as it was phrased. Thank you.

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I also put this, with context, in the Sulfur Mine earlier. At that time I had to run out the door before I could find this thread.

At least the Catholic God isn't anti-worker.

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I thought the whole point of the internet was to live in a fictionalized dream?

As opposed to a non-fiction dream?

actually a non-fiction dream is a pretty good description of much of the internet.

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Context:

It is my deep pleasure to inform you that that is not just your opinion.

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The idea of Vermont not wanting rednecks is ridiculous. It's an Appalachian state. I don't like the word "redneck" much, but the reality of Vermont is closer to that stereotype than the absurd caricature that the Right has created as a strawman.

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Really, he called himself "Dread Pirate Roberts"? Doesn't he remember what happened to him in that film?

Nah, he only mostly dies in the film.

I guess you could call life imprisonment "mostly dying".

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Tough to choose between this thread and the Sulfur Mine in regards to where this belongs but

As an insufferable internet sexist and bigot, memphis has no high ground from which to find anybody else insufferable, except maybe somebody like Cory.

this thread is for posts that are short but nonetheless manage to communicate big truths^tm, not butthurt

Yeah, if this had to have been put somewhere I would much rather it have gone in the Sulfur Mine (which also would have been easier since it was in that thread to begin with). I don't think I communicated anything profound or particularly insightful by saying this.

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False. Cannabis smells fantastic.

That's ridiculous. It smells like a skunk smoking a cigarette.

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False. Cannabis smells fantastic.

That's ridiculous. It smells like a skunk smoking a cigarette.

And coffee tastes like dog sh-t tacos.

I don't disagree.

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What decade is this, the 1840s?

New Atheism is just Comtean Positivism on steroids. That's been obvious for some time.

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What you need to decrease the number of prostitutes is actual jobs that can actually pay you a decent living, and actual integration that can actually pay you serenity.

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I enjoy an excuse to post this, so why not:

I do want to put in a good word for the Fahrenheit scale if nothing else in that, in terms of subjective human experience, it does go from 0 as VERY COLD OUT to 100 as VERY HOT OUT, as opposed to Celsius's SORT OF COLD OUT to LONG SINCE DEAD.

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I consider 0°C to be "pretty damn cold out", but that's just me.

For somebody who's spent his life in Western Europe and California I imagine it is. It isn't for somebody who's spent his life in Upper New England.

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I think that putting one's own posts into the Gallery, Gold Mine, or Silver Mine is generally held to be in poor taste.

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It's not Based God. It's Nased God.

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Alas, things would be so simple if the only problem with modern sexuality was "repression"...

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The progressive answer to the Koch Brothers should be campaign finance reform with incredibly strict limits on political donations, not some palette-shifted billionaire.

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Even at my most disillusioned, SCOTUS will keep me voting Dem.

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Being a Moderate Hero has zero to do with actually being a moderate.

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The best example of false equivalence and fraud perpetuated by the Republican Party over the past thirty years was the convincing of a large segment of the American public that the Democratic Party is just as sh*tty as they are. It's also probably their biggest moral victory.