Internet Argument Techniques - Neatorama

Cracked has composed a list of eleven argument defenses you might encounter on all kinds of forums. I believe I've seen every one of these in action. Link -via Digg

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You fools played right into my trap to post this on neatorama.com! Bow before your master manipulator!

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This pleases me. Is that a real screen shot? I can't be bothered to go to the link because I'm too good for that, but everything is grammatically and structurally perfect in that example. It's magic.

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It's missing one obvious one, which crops up in uk.rec.sheds from time to time.

"Oh, yeah, sorry."

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Of course. I do corrections every day. If I could only catch them all!

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Meanwhile, the NY Times in the 1920s called Robert Goddard a fool, claimed rockets can't possibly function in outer space, and only issued a correction some ~50 years later after the successful Apollo 11 moon landing...

http://www.popsci.com/military-aviation-amp-space/article/2009-07/new-york-times-nasa-youre-right-rockets-do-work-space

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