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    False dichotomy and ad hominem in one attack. I'm afraid that you've already invalidated your argument. Okay, here's your claim. Now, what points were illegitimate? Were every single one illegitimate? And most people? I think it's been claimed that the "Yahtzee fanbois" outnumbered the...
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    So, the ones that do are the ones that post here? It may seem like common sense, but I assure you I am an academic and will wait until there's a clear verdict on this. Admittedly, I really want to believe that this is the case. Indeed. Logical fallacies abound, as I stated. Both sides...
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    This is something I asked last page. I wonder what it is that provoke people to respond, and quite harshly, to something that is merely there for an individual's potential entertainment? If we know that not everyone will like something, and that games and their fun are subjective, then why...
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    If anything to get my post-count up to 2, it says "...whore".
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    I want to begin by thanking everyone here for making my research possible. Without you, I would be an unemployed academic. Forums such as these have provided me with a veritable treasure trove of linguistic data for my research, and I don't even have to go looking for obscure information in a...