Big Fallacy 1
If I miss class I’ll get a bad grade and I’ll have to drop out of school and won’t be able to afford rent so I’ll have to live under a bridge and smoke crack with homeless perverts
Slippery Slope
Your mom ugly therefore your point is invalid
Is this restaurant good?
Yes. You can trust me, I’m a Doctor.
Appeal to authority
Drinking lava will help you lose weight! It’s natural and organic!
Naturalistic Fallacy
There are cloudy days, so solar power will never work
Appeal to ignorance
If you don’t love guns, you ain’t American!
No True Scotsman
If you don’t buy me food, I’ll kill myself
Appeal to emotions
If you ain’t with, you against us
False Dilemma
Jesus said you should be nice to people, so you should give me money and take me out for dinner.
Strawman fallacy
Gypsy Rose left her partner to be with her ex so you should too!
Bandwagon
Straight is the way. That’s how it’s always been done, and that’s how it always should be.
Appeal to tradition
He said we need to make two stops: One for food and one for gas.
Buuuut if we get burritos, we can do both in one stop
Equivocation
We appreciate your concerns about drivers causing accidents, but did you know that over 50% of pedestrians who walk into traffic do so because they were looking at their phones?
Red Herring
I found a study that says vaccines cause autism. Soooooo it’s true
Cherry Picking
We can’t trust you! You don’t even shower or brush your teeth!
Ad Hominem
You shouldn’t do your homework. Doctors say that homework induces stress.
Appeal to authority
The Wii was an incredible video game console, so the Wii U will be even better
Hasty Generalization
Kim Kardashian says that smoking crack is fountain of youth
Bandwagon Fallacy
People should carry barf bags when they run, because everyone throws up after a good run, right?
Anecdotal Evidence
You shouldn’t be happy, being gay is illegal
Equivocation
Correlation proves causation
I don’t think I have an eating problem, I’ve only had 5 Chipotle bowls.
Who says you don’t have a eating problem?
Me duh.
Begging the Question
What do you mean you’re not good at math? You wear glasses?
Ecological Fallacy
God is controlling the universe? If he isn’t, then who is?
Shifting the Burden of Proof
For 69 cents a day you can provide shelter for this poor, starving, tick-ridden, crack addicted dog. Please! He is so sad.
Appeal to emotion