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1. jaygee

   November 13, 2009 at 2:59 pm | # | Reply

   Definitely the 14th material fallacy (to be included in De sophisiticis elenchis Aristotulum. BTW, somebody got his mobile number?)…
2. 
   MrGBH

   November 14, 2009 at 1:59 pm | # | Reply

   Is it bad that I don’t quite get the joke?

   • J4son

     March 4, 2012 at 12:24 am | # | Reply

     The Ad Hominem fallacy is a direct attack at the character/intellect of the other member of a debate which would undermine their statements amongst the whole.

     “You’re an ad hominem fallacy” is a direct attack, but it mostly just undermines the speaker’s intellect. So yeah, it’s kinda pointless. BUT HEY, he thinks he understands logical fallacies, so let him have it.
3. 
   x

   November 14, 2009 at 6:38 pm | # | Reply

   Only if you know what an ad hominem is, and still don’t get it.

   The title text is clearly an ad matrem fallacy.
4. clem

   November 15, 2009 at 4:19 pm | # | Reply

   luke this is completely incomprehensible
5. AJ

   November 15, 2009 at 4:55 pm | # | Reply

   @ Mr GBH and Clem: um… ad hominem means attacking the person (instead of their argument). So… that’s the joke.

   I know… don’t explain the joke. http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Ptitle0t9r68ih?from=Main.DontExplainTheJoke
6. 
   MrGBH

   November 15, 2009 at 8:04 pm | # | Reply

   Now I get it……. And I did indeed laugh this time.
7. 
   Squishy Cube

   November 20, 2009 at 12:24 pm | # | Reply

   AJ, evil man, now I will be wasting another 14 hours on TVTropes… Oooh, lampshade hanging, I wonder what that is!
8. Joey

   July 2, 2010 at 3:44 am | # | Reply

   wouldn’t it make more sense if it was tu quoque instead of ad hominem?