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Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 10:36:33 JST Kermode

After a certain age, I don't think that simply being older than someone is a good argument for an appeal to authority, which is not a good argument in the first place.
But no one reads what I post anyhow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fallacies?useskin=vector#Red_herring_fallacies
Not to say that we can't learn from the elders! Of course we can. And we can learn from our traditions.
But traditions can also be mere peer pressure from dead people too.
We need to weigh things in our minds with our values.
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  List of fallacies
  
  A fallacy is the use of invalid or otherwise faulty reasoning in the construction of an argument. All forms of human communication can contain fallacies. Because of their variety, fallacies are challenging to classify. They can be classified by their structure (formal fallacies) or content (informal fallacies). Informal fallacies, the larger group, may then be subdivided into categories such as improper presumption, faulty generalization, error in assigning causation, and relevance, among others. The use of fallacies is common when the speaker's goal of achieving common agreement is more important to them than utilizing sound reasoning. When fallacies are used, the premise should be recognized as not well-grounded, the conclusion as unproven (but not necessarily false), and the argument as unsound. Formal fallacies A formal fallacy is an error in the argument's form. All formal fallacies are types of non sequitur. Appeal to probability – taking something for granted because it would probably be the case (or might possibly be the case). ...
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  Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 10:39:49 JST Kermode
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  @SnowyCA Of course. I didn't claim otherwise.
  
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  ❄️SnowyIn❄️ 🇨🇦🚫🦻 (snowyca@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 10:39:50 JST ❄️SnowyIn❄️ 🇨🇦🚫🦻
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  @gemlog yes, but acting as if one has authority over another when they don't is uncool.
  
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  ❄️SnowyIn❄️ 🇨🇦🚫🦻 (snowyca@social.vivaldi.net)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 10:41:20 JST ❄️SnowyIn❄️ 🇨🇦🚫🦻
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  @gemlog please check PMs
  
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  Kermode (gemlog@tilde.zone)'s status on Sunday, 22-Mar-2026 10:41:20 JST Kermode
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  @SnowyCA AFAIK, I have unlocked everything to one timeline.
  If I've missed something that you particularly wish to discuss, you need to name it again, b/c I thought we past it.
  
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