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What's the most ridiculous argument you've ever heard??

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    #32
    Liam McPoyle
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    Next year is our year : Every Liverpool fan since the Premiership started.


    :pac:


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    #33
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    alice. wrote: »
    Tomato is a fruit!!!!

    "Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Somebody


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    #34
    The Backwards Man
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    darkpagandeath wrote: »
    On what logic ? full moon is closer to the earth and effects the fluids in the brain ? yes the moon has a slight elliptical orbit, but mostly it's not directly illuminated by the sun, that's whey you cant see all of it .....

    Logic?

    Mr.Spock believed in logic, and look what happened to him!


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    #35
    Hotale.com
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    Coleman Slawski wrote: »
    Next year is our year : Every Liverpool fan since the Premiership started.


    :pac:

    It is next year though. :p


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    #36
    darkpagandeath
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    "Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Somebody

    egg plant / aubergine is a berry


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    #37
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Had a look on wikipedia. Apparently banana is classified as a berry too. Off the the useless facts thread I go


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    #38
    Hotale.com
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    Had a look on wikipedia. Apparently banana is classified as a berry too. Off the the useless facts thread I go

    I looked up banana too and this caught my attention more than the berry part :pac:

    http://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/11904/1-1/adult-chiquita-banana-costume.jpg


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    #39
    Mr. CooL ICE
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    Hotale.com wrote: »
    I looked up banana too and this caught my attention more than the berry part :pac:

    http://images.halloweencostumes.com/products/11904/1-1/adult-chiquita-banana-costume.jpg

    Remind me of this


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    #40
    blade1
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    Two brothers arguing and one says to the other 'f*ck you and all belong to you'


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    #41
    ElWalrus
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    The correct style of marching used by the FCA (PDF)!

    Walking home from a night club while in college many moons ago, two mates got into a drunken scrap over it. I stood there in disbelief over what had just transpired. :eek:


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    #42
    alice.
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    LordChessington wrote: »
    "Intelligence is knowing tomato is a fruit. Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad" - Somebody

    haha:D


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    #43
    suicide_circus
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    danniemcq wrote: »
    I've had some classics recently,

    "psychics are real"
    "a full moon makes people go mad"
    "dogs eyes attract lightening"
    "consoles are better than pc's"
    "horoscopes are true"
    "Coldplay are a good band"

    Sigh

    said no one ever


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    #44
    mockingjay
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    Asda Customer Service Pizza Complaint

    http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pkAeNcNJVjA&feature=kp


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    #45
    bluefinger
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    any argument were people don't check their basic facts. which in fairness is probably the majority of them.

    case in point, watching prime time debate on higher education last week and some bint called jackie lavin challenged brian lucey on the poor return on the amount of money being put into third level in ireland. how much money does the government spend on this jackie? he asks. after some bluster, she replied I don't know.

    how anyone can argue about something they know nothing about is ridiculous.


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    #46
    Archeron
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    You're a towel!

    I actually know someone who will shout this to end an argument they are losing.


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    #47
    Lou.m
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    But also the cutest.


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    #48
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    A lot of people are actually missing the point of the Thread Title -in a way- in that they are listing assertions. So for example the poster who listed "psychics are real" is listing a ridiculous and unfounded assertion - not a ridiculous argument.

    By far - and I mean FAR - the most ridiculous and most precipitated argument on the planet has got to be "Well you can not prove there is NOT a god can you?".

    Because that is something actually presented _as an actual positive argument for_ the existence of a god by the vast majority of subscribers to the particular fantasy.

    And one wonders if we installed a simple 101 course on "onus of proof" and "negating an unfalsifiable assertion" into schools around age 10 - would the world - - the religion forum on here - and after hours threads - not look like a totally different place.


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    #49
    Adyx
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    I thought this was going to be more of the "why do you like riding hippos?" type of argument. :(


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    #50
    Skeleton XIII
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    Adyx wrote: »
    I thought this was going to be more of the "why do you like riding hippos?" type of argument. :(

    Hippos need love too?


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    #51
    TheBrinch
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    FunLover18 wrote: »
    Gay marriage will lead to paedophiles getting married so they can adopt kids.

    That is one of the most ridiculous, yet ingenious ideas for a paedo i have ever heard!

    Also you have a very fitting username for a paedo ;) (not actually accusing you of being a paedo! :D )


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    #52
    Pinch Flat
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    Drinking a few pints and driving improves your driving. Couple of guys on the motoring from will argue that forever.


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    #53
    pragmatic1
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    Lou.m wrote: »


    But also the cutest.
    Funny as fook. He made some valid points.


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    #54
    pragmatic1
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    Anything in the comments section of a youtube video.


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    #55
    Cookie_Monster
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    the "cyclists are real people too" is usually a good one for motors or C&T


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    #56
    osarusan
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    Worst argument ever:

    f all the reasons why you might want to end your marriage, not liking Frozen wouldn’t generally rank that highly.

    In the case of one Japanese woman, though, her differences of opinion with her husband over the Disney smash is turning out to be grounds for divorce.

    According to the website Kikonsha no Hakaba – or as it’s known in English, The Gravesite Of Married People – the anonymous 29-year-old became obsessed with the film after going to see it on her own several times, before persuading her spouse to join her.

    But despite hoping he would also love the film due to having studied Danish Literature at university – with Frozen being based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale The Snow Queen – she was shocked to discover his reaction was very different.

    After telling her ‘I didn’t really care for it personally,’ he apparently left their six-year marriage in tatters by asking his wife: ‘Did you really think it was that good?’

    She furiously responded: ‘If you can’t understand what makes this movie great, there’s something wrong with you as a human being!’ before telling him she wanted a divorce.

    http://metro.co.uk/2014/06/04/theres-something-wrong-with-you-as-a-human-being-woman-seeks-divorce-from-husband-over-his-dislike-of-frozen-4749392/


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    #57
    Dozen Wicked Words
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    My dad and one of my brothers argued about which crime series was better, Morse or Taggart. Not just a day, it went on for over a week and nearly came to blows. It got to the point where they didn't communicate with each other for about 3 months to avoid fighting.

    Everyone knows Touch of Frost is better anyway so don't know what all the fuss was about.


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    #58
    Witcher
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    A dog that bites someone now has 'a taste for blood' and will do it again.


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    #59
    Pumpkinseeds
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    Any argument that involves someone saying 'you weren't supposed to see/know about that', yeah that's fine so, I won't be pissed off so:rolleyes:


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    #60
    A cow called Daisy
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    Aaah butt sargant I've oonnly had d onee. Hic


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    #61
    mrkiscool2
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    A lot of people are actually missing the point of the Thread Title -in a way- in that they are listing assertions. So for example the poster who listed "psychics are real" is listing a ridiculous and unfounded assertion - not a ridiculous argument.

    By far - and I mean FAR - the most ridiculous and most precipitated argument on the planet has got to be "Well you can not prove there is NOT a god can you?".

    Because that is something actually presented _as an actual positive argument for_ the existence of a god by the vast majority of subscribers to the particular fantasy.

    And one wonders if we installed a simple 101 course on "onus of proof" and "negating an unfalsifiable assertion" into schools around age 10 - would the world - - the religion forum on here - and after hours threads - not look like a totally different place.
    Why does the onus of proof have to be on the religious people though? I'm an Atheist-Agnostic (whatever, I can't be fully certain there isn't a god, just the odds are minute). In the Scientific method the only way to prove something exists is if you can't disprove. So, the onus of proof in this case would be to disprove God exists in the first place, which you cannot do.

    Onus of proof is only used in court cases and law because usually it's one person's word against another, hence the scientific method doesn't really work here. Most debates are just about smashing into your opponents arguments and leaving nothing they left standing but have a few of your points left and hope the next person on the other side doesn't wreck your arguments.

    So really, onus of proof has to come from both sides. And, unfortunately for us, while we can dispute a lot of claims made in most religious texts we can't disprove a God exists. Probably never will be able to either!


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