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** The main flip between this depends on whether they're debunking people who are accidentally (or intentionally) using faulty scientific claims and/or simple [[Did Not Do the Research]], and when they're talking about things that, to a degree, boil down to little more than opinion and cultural values.

* [[Broken Aesop]]: Though Bullshit is a libertarian show, their episode on bottled water argues that ''private companies'' are ripping us off because ''government'' utilities offer equally good water at a much cheaper price - although they focus on the fact that many of the private companies are ''using'' the government water consumers already paid for once with taxes.

* [[Family Unfriendly Aesop]]: Penn and Teller are often prone to opposing mainstream aesops in their show. Perhaps an especially memorable case is Holier Than Thou, wherein they had some memorably harsh criticisms of such popularly revered figures as Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, but especially Mother Teresa.

* [[Family-Unfriendly Aesop]]: Penn and Teller are often prone to opposing mainstream aesops in their show. Perhaps an especially memorable case is Holier Than Thou, wherein they had some memorably harsh criticisms of such popularly revered figures as Mother Teresa, Mahatma Gandhi and the Dalai Lama, but especially Mother Teresa.

* [[Fan Disservice]]: A man showed his formerly circumcised penis in the "Circumcision" episode (he got its foreskin restored).

* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Gary Coleman's cameo in the "Apocalypse" episode probably wouldn't have qualified, except that he was explaining how he'd destroy the world in December 2012, a month everyone expected him to see.