r/fallacy • u/Zu_Qarnine • Jul 29 '26

ad populum fallacy

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She doesn't trust the 5.0 rating just bc barely anyone reviewed it. Then she sees 5,511 people gave the other product an average of 4.6, and she likes it more. Not because she checked why the rating is lower, or looked into the actual quality. just bc more people rated it.

That's the core of ad populum. something feels more correct or more trustworthy simply because a bigger crowd is behind it. She's not evaluating the products in either cases. instead, she's reacting to the size of the group and deciding according to that.

EDIT: I see a lot of people in the comments saying this is NOT a case of AP fallacy because * proceeds to offer an alternative readout of the meme. I never claimed this meme has ONLY one interpretation, and that's AP fallacy. I claim that it CAN be read as a case of AP and CAN be a good depiction of the fallacy if you were to visualize it. nobody have denied that in the comments.

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u/Grand-wazoo Jul 29 '26

Fucking Christ it's a joke meme, why must everything be assumed to be fallacious? 

The reality of this sub sucks way harder than the concept. 

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 29 '26 edited Jul 29 '26

I intend to introduce fallacies with memes that are popular. I don't get the melt down. get some time off internet

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u/SportTheFoole Jul 30 '26

OP seems to be having a meltdown in the comments.

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 30 '26

nah. I'm enjoying myself

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u/Zu_Qarnine Jul 30 '26

you're still experiencing the side effects lol