# The SDMB overused argument list

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 19, 2002, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914 "2002-12-19T22:36:03Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![JonScribe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3be4f8/32.png) [@JonScribe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JonScribe)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 6:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914/41 "2002-12-21T06:54:07Z")

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1. Pop culture non sequitur along the lines of “My cat’s breat smells like catfood.”

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**Author:** ![iampunha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/74df32/32.png) [@iampunha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iampunha)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914/42 "2002-12-21T08:32:30Z")

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Because if [statement] isn’t true, the terrorists have already won.

😉

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 9:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914/43 "2002-12-21T09:10:59Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Zoe \*  
> \*\*65. Take Schrodinger’s Cat, for example… \*\*

GAAAH! I know you weren’t referencing me me on that, **Zoe** , but I am guilty much the same.

But maybe I am not guilty, as the two states of “guilty” and “not guilty” exist simulatenously…

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**Author:** ![armedmonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/d6d6ee/32.png) [@armedmonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/armedmonkey)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 9:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914/44 "2002-12-21T09:13:42Z")

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As does the ability to spell and not to spell.

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**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\
**Post date:** [December 21, 2002, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sdmb-overused-argument-list/143914/45 "2002-12-21T22:56:28Z")

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1. That may be true for **you** , but in the **real** world…

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