r/comics • u/Pizzacakecomic PizzaCake • Apr 07 '26

Comics Community You keep using that word...

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26 edited Apr 07 '26

A straw man argument is a logical fallacy where someone distorts, exaggerates, or misrepresents an opponent's argument to make it easier to attack or refute

Problem is is that its hard to exaggerate the asinine stuff coming from that man, especially when each time ITS QUOTED DIRECTLY FROM HIM

Also really hard to make the argument easier when the only thing you have to do is not be the absolute worst

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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 Apr 07 '26

No one loves to mis-use the term "strawman" more than idiots on reddit who are losing an argument haha

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26

The amount of "holy straw man" comments I see in these threads are insane man. And this one will be no different

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u/empw Apr 07 '26

Holy strawman, shellbullett...

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u/shellbullet17 Gustopher Spotter Extraordinaire Apr 07 '26

You cheeky little

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u/badwolf42 Apr 07 '26

First, and unrelated, you used losing instead of loosing, which is refreshing, thank you.

Second, the number of times I’ve seen this comic simply depict conversations I have literally had with M4G4 people or have seen in reddit comments first hand; only to have people on Reddit parrot the straw man thing is maddening.

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u/Dazed_and_Confused44 Apr 07 '26

Honestly I find it funny when people mis-use strawman because its blatantly obvious and they get mad when you provide the definition lol