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== [[Web Original]] == |
== [[Web Original]] == |
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* ''Extremely'' common in a [[Flame War]]. |
* ''Extremely'' common in a [[Flame War]]. |
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** In fact you can test this yourself, go to any wikia based site and bring up a commonly held but none verifiable belief, you won't have to wait long to see this kind of argument show up. |
** In fact you can test this yourself, go to any wikia based site and bring up a commonly held but none verifiable belief, you won't have to wait long to see this kind of argument show up. |
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* The [[Love It or Hate It]] trope. There ''is'' a group of middle-of-the-road viewers/readers/players, but they are generally ignored. (However, the reason it's a trope in the first place is because that middle-of-the-road group is far smaller than for most fandoms.) |
* The [[Love It or Hate It]] trope. There ''is'' a group of middle-of-the-road viewers/readers/players, but they are generally ignored. (However, the reason it's a trope in the first place is because that middle-of-the-road group is far smaller than for most fandoms.) |
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* A popular joke on [[YouTube]] is to comment on a video by reciting the number of "dislike" ratings the video has at the time of commenting and accusing all of them of something; common examples include "[X] people missed the 'like' button," "[X] people had no childhood," "[X] people are [[Justin Bieber]] fans," or some kind of threat. Such comments tend to be found in the highest rated comments, but luckily, subversions and parodies are replacing them in that spot. |
* A popular joke on [[YouTube]] is to comment on a video by reciting the number of "dislike" ratings the video has at the time of commenting and accusing all of them of something; common examples include "[X] people missed the 'like' button," "[X] people had no childhood," "[X] people are [[Justin Bieber]] fans," or some kind of threat. Such comments tend to be found in the highest rated comments, but luckily, subversions and parodies are replacing them in that spot. |
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== Real Life == |
== Real Life == |
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* There's a standard joke about someone moving to Northern Ireland and being asked by the locals if they're Protestant or Catholic: when they explain that they are in fact atheist/Buddhist/Muslim/other, the locals respond "Yes, but are you a Protestant or a Catholic atheist/Buddhist/Muslim/other?" |
* There's a standard joke about someone moving to Northern Ireland and being asked by the locals if they're Protestant or Catholic: when they explain that they are in fact atheist/Buddhist/Muslim/other, the locals respond "Yes, but are you a Protestant or a Catholic atheist/Buddhist/Muslim/other?" |
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** Similar joke: an atheist is asked "But is it the Protestant God or that Catholic God you don't believe in?" |
** Similar joke: an atheist is asked "But is it the Protestant God or that Catholic God you don't believe in?" |
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*** Curiously enough, there actually are people who define themselves as Catholic atheists, Muslim atheists, etc. That is to say, they follow the value-system of a religion even though they don't believe in the supernatural reasoning behind it. |
*** Curiously enough, there actually are people who define themselves as Catholic atheists, Muslim atheists, etc. That is to say, they follow the value-system of a religion even though they don't believe in the supernatural reasoning behind it. |
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*** Or they come from a Catholic/Protestant/Muslim cultural background. |
*** Or they come from a Catholic/Protestant/Muslim cultural background. |
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** Alternate punchline to the above: |
** Alternate punchline to the above: |
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{{quote|"Actually I'm a Muslim." |
{{quote|"Actually I'm a Muslim." |
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"Oh dear. Then I must be the unluckiest Jew in Ireland." }} |
"Oh dear. Then I must be the unluckiest Jew in Ireland." }} |
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[[Category:Logic Tropes]] |
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[[Category:The War On Straw]] |
[[Category:The War On Straw]] |
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[[Category:Logical Fallacies]] |
[[Category:Logical Fallacies]] |
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