- When come back, bring pie (or any variation that simply belittles the poster’s original point.)
Egads, eunoia!
With one single post, you’ve corrupted the entire numbering scheme, and made a large portion of it obsolete!
May your pet goldfish squirt water in your general direction!
However, your clever HGTTG reference redeems you to some extent.
Ok, calming down…calming down…
I know! We’ll reserve #28-38 (inclusive) for “future expansion”. Just in case there’s an argument that really, truly deserves to be
#33.
As for Shopenhauer, while I find the sheer volume of material amazing, and thank you for presenting it, I highly doubt the posters for whom this list was intended would have any interest in reading it, if you get my drift. 
And Bryan Ekers, I can, off the top of my head, come up with at least 20 posters that have, at one time or another, written a sentence with one too many clauses in it.
Erm, I meant, “used one of these arguments, generally to their own detriment.” Yes. Sorry. Index #12, with “I”, “stuck at work the Friday before Christmas, quickly going insane.”
Do this while (re)reading my above post:
Put the ‘c’ where the ‘c’ belongs. And while you’re at it, take out the line break before #33. Looks kinda cool, but wasn’t intended.
Why, Trip? 
- I didn’t realize that school was out for the holidays.
Oh sure, if you insist on using the traditional numbering system. What are you, some kind of Larouchian?
- Obliviousness to anything falling outside my narrow and flawed worldview.
{Some number} Because I personally know someone who once lived or currently lives there/ held that job/had that disease.
{Some other number} My parents/teachers/sunday school instructors/ski coach did it to me, and I turned out JUST FINE.
47.24
It wasn’t all that clear ya know.
Cheers, Keithy
- Because of the SDMB Clique you all are ganging up against me.
No, its because your a moron, actually.
49.) Persecution: My position is justified as I am a/an X (atheist, fundamentalist, homosexual, BDSM’er, left handed guiea pig juggler) and am constantly persecuted by group Y (this country, this board, my landlord, the Exalted Knights Templar, right handed parakeet jugglers)
50.) Dictionary: You are incorrect. Websters-only-slightly-abbridged Dictionary, Edition 3 1/7, states:
Butt Weasel: (but wee’sel) noun; Nocturnal rodent prone to making anal and pedantic arguments.
You gotta post more often!
eunoia, are you doing this on purpose?
I mean, first you corrupt the numbering scheme, leaving a gaping hole in it. Then you post a link to a volume that makes my whole list look silly. Then you attempt to box me up in a nice, tidy package. I mean, dear God
- This was supposed to be an intelligent discussion, not a personal attack!
And CrankyAsAnOldMan, the numbers are the whole point of the exercise So I’ll arbitrarily assign
and
Because <some famous person who supposedly agrees with you> is a jerk/fool/senile old man/crook/bigot.
There’s one argument I’m totally sick of, but it only applies to one specific discussion. Here it is:
“…and what’s with all the seatbelt laws these days? When I was a kid, we all got to sit in the way-back of the station wagon, and make faces at the cars behind us, and we’re not dead…”
Well, of course you’re not dead. If you were, you wouldn’t be here to post right now. But seatbelts aren’t one of those things which have only intangible or controversial benefits. This is not a case like the old “razor blade in the halloween candy” scare where no one knows if all the alarm is justified even in the slightest tiny bit. Seatbelts save lives. Lots and lots of lives. And what are we supposed to do, say “hey, did anyone here ever die in a car accident because they weren’t wearing a seatbelt? I thought not!”?
If you want to argue against seatbelt laws for libertarian reasons, or through some complex cost-benfit analysis, more power to you, but to use what is purely an anecdotal argument, and then blow it up into some hysterical peaen about the death of the True American Childhood is just stupid. And tired. And overdone.
Also, I’m sick to death of the phrase (usually applied to movies) “that’s two hours of my life I’ll never get back”. As opposed to what, the other two hour periods of your life that you can get back?
YES! I hate it when someone says that!
OP: I would never hire an alcoholic, child-molesting, serial killer, bank robber to care for my children.
Poster A: :gasp!: I cannot believe you would say that!!
OP: ???
Poster A: Pff. Insert “black” in there, and you’ll see my point.
A bit of an exaggeration but it’s really not too far off.
How about, uhhh, what number are we on?
Anyway:
“Oh, here comes the clique to defend you”
(On preview, it seems that’s already been posted. However, I feel it really needs to be said twice.)
Every single one of those sentences sounded perfect in my head. Actually, on reflection, I’ll bet a lot of statements that seem witty and well-crafted when spoken in reality are cumbersome and obscure when written, particularly when the length of a line takes more than a breath in real time.
[sub]Ah, precious irony.[/sub]
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I feel like not actually responding to your question but actually deflecting it into a discussion of my own stupidity, intelligence, or something totally unrelated that goes on for (#@&@*()&$ PAGES between 2 people!
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Want to list things already said in short form so I can get the standard “Hi Opal” in
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The movie/book/whatever sucks and here, me not actually directing it, starring in it, or having anything to do with it, is why it does.
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I read the books 10 billion times and here is why the movie sucks (guess which one this one is)
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Taking a simple arguement to my opinion as a kick to the groin and now will unleash the wrath of hell upon you for daring to suggest there is another side to the coin.
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Don’t like you, have posted a lengthy PIT on you, but decided not to actually tell you.
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I don’t think your topic is worthy to even give a post to contribute but have instead decided to deride you for your ‘dumb post’
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Your argument is flawed because God doesn’t exist
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Because it has the potential to be a human being
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Well, it’s my body, dammit!
Because sometimes you get the whoosh, and sometimes you give it.
Tripler
I rest my case.
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Take Schrodinger’s Cat, for example…
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Don’t you have homework to do?