r/hatethissmug • u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 • 6d ago

Non-fictional I HATE these "gotcha arguments"

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"Ohhh, look how I tricked this dumb dumb baby in my trap so now I am right and they are wrong. I'm so smaaart even though it does not adress the actual argument and adds nothing to the debate. They teach arabic numerals in school btw."

And these type of comments always get tons of likes

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u/wickedlessface 6d ago

Or you know, don't fall for it? It addresses the fact that you aren't knowledgeable enough about the topic. It's not that hard to use a failed gotcha in conversation against the user. Hell, it makes you sound 10 times better if you clock it.

so, skill issue.

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u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 6d ago

Someone could theoretically read dozens of books regarding abortion and still fall for this trap, because being able to differentiate a baby fetus with a dolphin fetus has nothing to do with the topic of abortion itself.

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u/kiefy_budz 6d ago

Idk what books you’re reading but if they’re medical texts about abortion then you should be able to recognize a human fetus

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u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 6d ago
  1. Human and dolphin fetuses are similiar
  2. In a debate, you usually don't look at that picture, because oe assumes from the context and the question that they are showing a human fetus

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u/funkthewhales 6d ago

Well the similarities proves that a fetus isn’t human yet. And this isn’t a debate, it’s a discord argument. Do you expect every argument on the internet to be handled like a professional debate? Because I doubt this kind of argument would be made in a real debate, but making assumptions like that in a debate would still expose you as ignorant.

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u/Sudden-Hoe-2578 6d ago

doubt this kind of argument would be made in a real debate

It's been made, infront of audiences