Depression and suicide

grtwhtgrvty · 02-23-2015, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by Mondo Bungle

I just brought up a satanist belief to prove your claims "suicide is a symptom of mental illness" and "no one chooses suicide" wrong.

Satanists are people too

People with mental illnesses are people too.

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TL;DR: Straw man. You're welcome.

I know the term, but they don't. I had to spell it out.

Chula Vista · 02-23-2015, 02:21 PM

ar·ro·gance
ˈerəɡəns/
noun
noun: arrogance

the quality of being arrogant.
"the arrogance of this man is astounding"
synonyms: conceit, pride, self-importance, egotism;

grtwhtgrvty · 02-23-2015, 02:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

ar·ro·gance
ˈerəɡəns/
noun
noun: arrogance

the quality of being arrogant.
"the arrogance of this man is astounding"
synonyms: conceit, pride, self-importance, egotism;

I'm definitely arrogant and I'm definitely pretentious. Tell me something I don't know. At least I own it. You're being not only arrogant, but ignorant as well.

The Batlord · 02-23-2015, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by grtwhtgrvty

I know the term, but they don't. I had to spell it out.

Dude, everyone on the internet knows what a straw man argument is.

~~John Wilkes Booth~~ · 02-23-2015, 02:30 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Dude, everyone on the internet knows what a straw man argument is.

actually i have to disagree a bit. i see people online misuse this term so much it's ridiculous

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Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	ar·ro·gance ˈerəɡəns/ noun noun: arrogance the quality of being arrogant. "the arrogance of this man is astounding" synonyms: conceit, pride, self-importance, egotism; __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”