# Wherein every post is a logical fallacy. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 14, 2007, 2:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886 "2007-03-14T14:13:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 18\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/41 "2007-03-14T22:21:34Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] And that invalidates your statement. The deaf can communicate perfectly well without speaking at all. There are at least a couple of deaf Dopers, and they can tell you that ASL is just as rich and complex a language as American English. [/QUOTE] I knew a deaf guy once, and he was good at ASL but he couldn’t type. You are therefore wrong. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/42 "2007-03-14T22:27:31Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] I knew a deaf guy once, and he was good at ASL but he couldn’t type. You are therefore wrong. [/QUOTE] According to your location field, you’re in the UK. If your friend was using _American_ Sign Language it’s no wonder he was unintelligible, let alone able to type. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/43 "2007-03-14T22:34:49Z")
Logical fallacies annoy me. I don’t like being annoyed. So, I’m afraid I can’t post a logical fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 10:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/44 "2007-03-14T22:50:22Z")
Why would a Wookiee, an eight-foot tall Wookiee, want to live on Endor, with a bunch of two-foot tall Ewoks? That does not make sense! But more important, you have to ask yourself: What does this have to do with this thread? Nothing. Ladies and gentlemen, it has nothing to do with this thread! It does not make sense! Look at me. I’m a Doper in a thread about logical fallacies, and I’m talkin’ about Chewbacca! Does that make sense? Ladies and gentlemen, I am not making any sense! None of this makes sense! And so you have to remember, when you’re at your computer deliberatin’ and conjugatin’ the Emancipation Proclamation, does it make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed SDMB, it does not make sense! If Chewbacca lives on Endor, you must acquit! Gangster Octopus rests. Courtesy of South Park ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/45 "2007-03-14T23:25:59Z")
All posts in this thread were by people. Socrates was a person. Therefore Socrates has posted in this thread. And remember: all syllogisms have three parts, so this is not a syllogism. ---
**Author:** ![jjimm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ba8739/32.png) [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)\ **Post date:** [March 14, 2007, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/46 "2007-03-14T23:51:41Z")
[QUOTE=pizzabrat] According to your location field, you’re in the UK. If your friend was using _American_ Sign Language it’s no wonder he was unintelligible, let alone able to type. [/QUOTE] Some of our deaf people speak foreign languages. Since your location field says “City of Washington” it’s clear that you live in America and therefore know nothing about what goes on here. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/47 "2007-03-15T00:55:33Z")
“logical”= of or relating to logs “fallacy”= the art of falling Therefore, everyone who has posted to this thread has failed, as none of them discussed the real meaning of “logical fallacy”, falling wood. At any rate, I found nine people who agree with me, and, should you disagree, you will lose your head during the next occurrence of logical fallacy. ---
**Author:** ![pizzabrat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/e9c0ed/32.png) [@pizzabrat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pizzabrat)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/48 "2007-03-15T01:00:24Z")
[QUOTE=jjimm] Some of our deaf people speak foreign languages. [/QUOTE] Which helps prove my point about mute Dopers. American sign language negates the _need_ for speech entirely, despite one’s ability to speak regardless; foreign languages or otherwise. > [@](#): > > Since your location field says “City of Washington” it’s clear that you live in America and therefore know nothing about what goes on here. This man Washington, what nationality was he born to, again? ---
**Author:** ![Gorgon\_Heap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/f475e1/32.png) [@Gorgon\_Heap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gorgon_Heap)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/49 "2007-03-15T02:33:03Z")
George Washington was British. He was a father of the U.S. and had wooden teeth. Therefore, every person in the U.S. with wooden teeth is actually British. This precludes people from Washington state, who get their wooden teeth only from falling trees, and so not only always speak in logical fallacies but can also speak to trees. ---
**Author:** ![Roonwit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/54ee81/32.png) [@Roonwit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Roonwit)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/50 "2007-03-15T03:47:49Z")
[You’re all just full of shit.](http://www.fallacyfiles.org/adhomine.html) (My post is my cite.) ---
**Author:** ![sturmhauke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@sturmhauke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sturmhauke)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/51 "2007-03-15T05:17:03Z")
Many Final Fantasy characters are named Cecil. The guy who writes the Straight Dope columns is named Cecil. Therefore, the Straight Dope is written by a Final Fantasy character. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/52 "2007-03-15T13:05:22Z")
[QUOTE=Miller] Computer! What is love? [/QUOTE] Baby, don’t hurt me. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/53 "2007-03-15T13:28:27Z")
I noticed a logical fallacy in one of these posts. Therefore, they must all contain logical fallacies! ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/54 "2007-03-15T16:41:31Z")
All men are mortal. Socrates is mortal. Therefore, Socrates was Greek. ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/55 "2007-03-15T17:03:33Z")
If you post an illogical fallacy, then penis ensues. ---
**Author:** ![RealityChuck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/realitychuck/32/195_2.png) [@RealityChuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RealityChuck)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/56 "2007-03-15T23:14:41Z")
I was about to post a brilliant refutation of your statement, but suddenly I am run over by a truck. ---
**Author:** ![Autolycus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/22d042/32.png) [@Autolycus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Autolycus)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2007, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/57 "2007-03-15T23:16:37Z")
[QUOTE=matt\_mcl] Baby, don’t hurt me. [/QUOTE] Dont hurt me, no more. ---
**Author:** ![Civil\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d78d45/32.png) [@Civil\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Civil_Guy)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2007, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886/58 "2007-03-16T02:53:34Z")
This post is going to contain a logical fallacy. I just know this, because this post contains a logical fallacy. You see? I just proved it. This post contains a logical fallacy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wherein-every-post-is-a-logical-fallacy/395886.md?page=2)