when members of a fan base congratulate members of another fan base on their team winning the draft lottery and the members of the fan base of said team having won the draft lottery graciously thank them and appreciate their "classy gesture".

when members of a fan base congratulate members of another fan base on their team winning the draft lottery and the members of the fan base of said team having won the draft lottery graciously thank them and appreciate their "classy gesture".
- dt99999

not everyone's an bumhole like you

when members of a fan base congratulate members of another fan base on their team winning the draft lottery and the members of the fan base of said team having won the draft lottery graciously thank them and appreciate their "classy gesture".
- dt99999

I actually really like Harvey's.

No joke. Prefer their burgers over Wendy's (which has gone way downhill but used to be great) and McDonald's. Burger King is easily the worst.

...I feel awkward.
- Pike_Tyson

(frank), I have to re-evaluate my love for Harvey's

aerosmith.

Misuse of the phrase, "begs the question." It doesn't mean what people think it means.

Moby is in my alltime top 5 hate list
- Crimsoninja

Why?

Misuse of the phrase, "begs the question." It doesn't mean what people think it means.
- Flyskippy

you've explained this several times yet i still have zero idea what it supposedly means

you've explained this several times yet i still have zero idea what it supposedly means
- Don'tForgetTocchet

x2

x2
- Crimsoninja

idiots.





(x3)

Why?
- Flyskippy

His music, but moreso his very existance [sic].

Misuse of the phrase, "begs the question." It doesn't mean what people think it means.
- Flyskippy

This post begs the question: What does it mean?

This post begs the question: What does it mean?
- GirouxForTheShow

So sorry I wasn't here earlier to see this.

you've explained this several times yet i still have zero idea what it supposedly means
- Don'tForgetTocchet

Well, I had been told by an English teacher that the word "begs," when used in that instance, means to avoid or dodge -- so he said it meant to dodge/avoid a question. In fact, after looking into it myself when GftS took me to task in the Flyers' "not gaymeday 'cause they're golfing" thread, I discovered that it is "a logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself."

His music, but moreso his very existance
- Crimsoninja[sic].

Because he's made of stars?

Well, I had been told by an English teacher that the word "begs," when used in that instance, means to avoid or dodge -- so he said it meant to dodge/avoid a question. In fact, after looking into it myself when GftS took me to task in the Flyers' "not gaymeday 'cause they're golfing" thread, I discovered that it is "a logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself."
- Flyskippy

I read the article in which you just pulled that quote from and I'm more confused than I was previously.

Well, I had been told by an English teacher that the word "begs," when used in that instance, means to avoid or dodge -- so he said it meant to dodge/avoid a question. In fact, after looking into it myself when GftS took me to task in the Flyers' "not gaymeday 'cause they're golfing" thread, I discovered that it is "a logical fallacy in which a statement or claim is assumed to be true without evidence other than the statement or claim itself."
- Flyskippy

yup i still have no idea what you mean

yup i still have no idea what you mean
- Don'tForgetTocchet

CHRIST IT'S SO FUKIN EASY.

You're just asserting the answer to the question with circular reasoning.

Like if you said: God exists because he said so.

If someone is skeptical that god exists they don't think he said anything. You're assuming he exists in order to say anything.

It's like using a word in the definition of a word.

It's a tautology.

morons

CHRIST IT'S SO FUKIN EASY.

You're just asserting the answer to the question with circular reasoning.

Like if you said: God exists because he said so.

If someone is skeptical that god exists they don't think he said anything. You're assuming he exists in order to say anything.

It's like using a word in the definition of a word.

It's a tautology.

morons
- Pike_Tyson

use it in a sentence

use it in a sentence
- Don'tForgetTocchet

Begging the question is when you beg the question.

If it doesn't mean anything close to what you're saying, (i.e. begging the question does not beg the question) then why the (frank) would anyone say it?

If it doesn't mean anything close to what you're saying, (i.e. begging the question does not beg the question) then why the (frank) would anyone say it?
- GirouxForTheShow

The sentence was an example of begging the question.

You're right. Why the fuk would someone say that?

It's meaningless. It sounds like an answer but it's not.

My favorite questions are ones with a massive assumption jammed into them. Crims and his flunkies use these all the time:

"Congressman, why do you hate gay people?"

i'm not even a congressman.

My favorite questions are ones with a massive assumption jammed into them. Crims and his flunkies use these all the time:

"Congressman, why do you hate gay people?"
- Pike_Tyson

this is things you hate not things that are your fav. This literally begs the question: Why would you post it in this thread?