"There are countless horrible things happening all over the world and horrible people prospering, but we must never allow them to disturb our equanimity or deflect us from our sacred duty to sabotage and annoy them whenever possible." -Auberon Waugh
Friday, June 10, 2022
Remember, back in the day, when all the cool kids laughed at us for talking about a slippery slope?
The Slippery Slope Fallacy is only a fallacy if it is, indeed - and follow me closely here - actually a fallacy. If there is an actual slippery slope, sneering and citing "fallacy" is either stupidity or gaslighting.
And at this point I can't be bothered asking which.
I wish I could take more satisfaction in the fact that everything people kept trying to warn us about previously is actually happening now. "That'll show 'em" just doesn't have the cashet I could have hoped for.
Geez, George. You sure are a harsh task master, but then you must have been out of the loop. (It's important to stay in the loop.) Mr. Paco is barely back to the hearth after an all-inclusive vacation at a hospital. His extraordinary wife, Mrs. Paco, was giving updates.
That sounds like an idea that the boys in the basement should get right on. Now...about the icon.... Can't be the Chief; his identity must not b revealed.
The Slippery Slope Fallacy is only a fallacy if it is, indeed - and follow me closely here - actually a fallacy. If there is an actual slippery slope, sneering and citing "fallacy" is either stupidity or gaslighting.
ReplyDeleteAnd at this point I can't be bothered asking which.
I wish I could take more satisfaction in the fact that everything people kept trying to warn us about previously is actually happening now. "That'll show 'em" just doesn't have the cashet I could have hoped for.
ReplyDeletecachet. Where's autocorrect when you need it?
ReplyDeleteAutocorrect would have turned it into cashew peanut.
ReplyDeleteAnd where's my Sunday Funnies? Everything OK?
ReplyDeleteGeez, George. You sure are a harsh task master, but then you must have been out of the loop. (It's important to stay in the loop.) Mr. Paco is barely back to the hearth after an all-inclusive vacation at a hospital. His extraordinary wife, Mrs. Paco, was giving updates.
DeleteYou know, Deborah, Paco Loops sounds like a breakfast cereal!
ReplyDeleteThat sounds like an idea that the boys in the basement should get right on. Now...about the icon.... Can't be the Chief; his identity must not b revealed.
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