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the lgbt community: makes a “gays only event” joke, knowing well that it doesn’t actually oppress anyone

straight ppl: what if it was reversed and i said ‘straights only event’? would it still be funny? this is heterophobia and i am SICK OF IT

the lgbt community, who is literally too afraid to go to certain places because they might be harrased because of their sexuality:

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small habits to adopt

wake up early

drink a glass of water as soon as you wake up

meditate or concentrate on your breathing for at least 2 mins

visualize your goals for the day and for the future

make your bed

do calf raises or squats while brushing your teeth

floss

dry brush

take a cold shower (or end a hot shower with cold water right after for about 3 mins)

put on lotion while your skin is still damp

cleanse, tone, and moisturize your face

apply sunscreen

drink a glass of water before and after every meal

listen to a podcast/ted talk instead of music while walking or driving

park far away from where you’re going

stand up straight

look at people in the eye when talking to them

look straight ahead when walking, not at the ground

smile at strangers

stop complaining (it’s bad for your health)

bring cash instead of credit card

track your expenses

turn off notifications on your phone when doing work

resist the urge to go on your phone and observe your surroundings more

set a timer for 5 mins when scrolling through social media and stop when the time is up

learn at least 5 new vocab words from your target language every day

exercise while watching shows/videos

read at least 10 pages every day

do tasks that can be done in 2 mins right away

drink tea

prepare workout gear the night before

jot down tasks for the next day before sleeping

write down quotes/lyrics that strike a chord

spend 30 mins on a hobby

journal and write down things you are grateful for

aim for 7-8 hours of sleep

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Anne Hathaway with The Princess Diaries producer Whitney Houston

magicallybitchless

WHAT?!

2damnfeisty

Please tell me you knew she was a producer in this movie.

magicallybitchless

………………..

2damnfeisty

Girl yes, this and the Cheetah Girls.

magicallybitchless

Didn’t know either of that.

2damnfeisty

Whitney cared about uplifting young women and mentoring them. Her doing these movies was just an example of how much she cared.

magicallybitchless

It bothers me how this isn’t promoted, like everything else the world knows about whitney.

yarrahs-life-deactivated2014090

^^^^ there you go… Smh.

thepositivecattitude

I haven’t laughed this hard in a while.

blackmorgan

OMG! <3

shamelessmash

omg thank you for this, i really needed good laugh

stripedsweater

wwinterweb

thefingerfuckingfemalefury

WE DO NOT DESERVE DOGS

weenie-hut-general

thatoneguyjonah

Wonder Woman Review

2/10 Not enough invisible jet

comingupforblair

It was there the whole time. You just didn’t see it because it was doing what it was supposed to do.

thatoneguyjonah

Well damn. Good point. 10/10

gothcroissant

Hillary Clinton used her “leftover campaign cash” to make sure her campaign staff had health insurance through the end of the year even after their jobs ended, because that’s who Hillary Clinton is.

lasombritas

we fucked up so bad

thatdiva

papajohnpizzas-deactivated20181

can’t believe she only spent $28 in two years

camcrox

28

whore-crux

rhetoricofafangirl

Understanding Logical Fallacies

If you’re just learning how to write essays or you want to improve your arguments in an essay, it’s important to look at logical fallacies. These explanations should help you avoid creating fallacies and help you find them when deconstructing others’ arguments. I will be using South Park to help explain the most commonly used logical fallacies.

Mr. Mackey is the perfect example of a circular argument. He uses the same argument in his premise to support his conclusion. For example, Mr. Mackey often says, “Drugs are bad M’kay. So don’t do drugs because they’re bad.” Mr. Mackey has shown no evidence for what makes drugs bad, he has just repeated his opinion.

Another fallacy is Post Hoc: one event is said to have caused a later event simply because it happened earlier. So, when Randy says the town getting a Whole Foods caused kids to come out as gay, he’s assuming no kids in South Park were gay before. The issue is he has no evidence the first event effected the second event.

Generalization is the fallacy of making a universal statement about a group of people with insufficient evidence. When Randy says Stan is “funny” or implying he’s gay, for only hanging out with Kyle, he’s making a sweeping statement about homosexuality. Randy is assuming that any boy spending most of his time with another boy must be gay. He’s generalizing homosexuality behaviour based on their society’s opinion instead of evidence.

A Red herring is an observation that draws attention away from the central issue in an argument or discussion. For example, Sharon talks to Stan about the merits of an individual vote when he’s actually concerned about disliking both candidates. The episode’s central issue was about being stuck with two undesirable choices, but everyone focuses on the privilege to vote. Red Herrings bring up unrelated topics and problems that don’t connect to the main discussion. In other episodes, Cartman often creates Red Herrings that distract from the central issue, by arguing about the “flaws” in Jewish people.

Bandwagon is an argument based on the assumption that the opinion of the majority is always right. This fallacy also makes the assumption that the majority is what’s normal and makes sense. For example, the Goth kids don’t want to “jump on the bandwagon” and wear clothes from the Gap like every other kid. The Bandwagon mentality is often about giving into status quo and not forming an opinion for yourself. Another bandwagon example is the episode all the guys in town dress metro-sexually, except for Kyle. The other boys tell Kyle he should dress metro-sexually because they decided to.

Slippery slope is assuming a course of action will lead to many consequences till an undesirable result happens. However, we can never know if a certain result is determined to follow one particular event. Cartman also displays this fallacy, as he often reacts delusional to topics he has little information on. For example, in the ginger kids episode, Cartman argues, “The ginger gene is a curse and unless we all work to rid the Earth of that curse, the gingers could envelope our lives in blackness for all time.” Cartman has no evidence of red haired people being inherently evil or dangerous. Instead, he let’s an irrational fear of ginger kids make him believe unlikely scenarios will occur.

Ad hominem is a personal attack based on the adversary’s flaws instead of the merits of the argument. When Mr. Garrison says he doesn’t trust women because they menstruate, he is attacking a biological aspect women can’t control, instead of pointing out an untrustworthy action or statement by the opponent.

Straw Man, is when the opponent’s argument is overstated or misrepresented to be easily refuted. For example, the journalist misrepresents Wendy’s argument against photo shopping pictures of women. He claims she is actually jealous and a “hater” to make her argument appear weak.

The either or/false dilemma is an argument where only two options are available, when there’s actually numerous alternatives.For example, Jimmy saying to Nathan he can only be a nice kid with no gun, or a bad kid with a gun. South Park episodes often use binary conflicts to show how ridiculous it is to think a situation only ever has two sides. When characters pressure the boys into thinking there is only two solutions to a problem, they often find there are many answers to the issue.

Finally, a non sequitur is an argument where the conclusion doesn’t follow logically from what preceded it. PC Principal often uses the fallacy to support his beliefs. For example, he argues that gay kids need support. However, giving money to kids for being gay is random and does not show tolerance towards them. There is no relevant connection between his claim and support for it. Hopefully these explanations help with your essay writing and general analyzing skills. Please go check out the blogs I used gifs from. :)