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(The [customer] turns bright red and starts fidgeting uncomfortably.) |
(The [customer] turns bright red and starts fidgeting uncomfortably.) |
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Customer: “Well, I…but…what about the children?!” *storms off* }} |
Customer: “Well, I…but…what about the children?!” *storms off* }} |
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* Nassim Taleb offers a term for this in [https://medium.com/incerto/pedophrasty-bigoteering-and-other-modern-scams-c84bd70a29e8 his article on Modern Scams]: Pedophrasty. |
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{{quote|Definition: Argument involving children to prop up a rationalization and make the opponent look like an asshole, as people are defenseless and suspend all skepticism in front of suffering children: nobody has the heart to question the authenticity or source of the reporting. Often done with the aid of pictures. |
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Can also describe the exploitation of babies by professional beggars who rent them from their parents and use them as potent appendage in their trade ([[Fridge Logic|remember that children tend to grow and need to be replaced]]). }} |
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== Western Animation == |
== Western Animation == |
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