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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by brookst on Sunday October 19, 2025 @01:09PM (#45635838)
What's the term for the fallacy that this problem can be ignored because that problem is so much worse?

Sorry, patient, why are we talking about setting your broken arm when you are genetically predisposed to cancer that's going to kill you anyway?

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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by zahlman on Sunday October 19, 2025 @03:41PM (#45637265)
It is the "fallacy of relative privation", for the record.
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Re:Xubuntu.org Might Be Compromised by amelius on Sunday October 19, 2025 @02:44PM (#45636789)
Nobody said the problem could be ignored ...
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