Re:When Are You Really an Adult?
by sdegutis on Friday January 08, 2016 @08:26PM
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I think you were downvoted for using a straw man fallacy. I wasn't saying adulthood was defined in terms of beards. Just that I don't feel like an adult because of my lack of beard. Man, I'd even settle for a great mustache. But nope, nothing.
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Re:When Are You Really an Adult?
by gargarplex on Friday January 08, 2016 @09:28PM
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She was downvoted because correlation does not equal causation!
Re:When Are You Really an Adult?
by beccasanchez on Friday January 08, 2016 @11:46PM
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... and I was making the observation that if a beard is the sign of an adult, then women can't be adults.
Are you sure you feel like an adult, or are you talking about feeling like a man?
This isn't a meaningless distinction, and it also doesn't need to be offensive. Alas, it seems if I want to have public philosophical discussions I should go back to 300 BC.