Your Argument is Invalid

added Apr 28, 2009 at 11:21AM UTC

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The phrase “your argument is invalid” is often employed in debates of logic, and altough it predates the internet, many an internet know-it-all has used the phrase in chat, email, and on message boards.

Here is a rather passionate exchange between a Windows user and a Linux user in 2001:


> Nice ad hominem attack, David. Attack the messenger. Good boy.

That’s not what I understood ‘ad hominem’ to mean. My understanding was that
ad hominem involved an attack on the person making the argument, followed by
an obviously false assertion that such attack renders the person’s arguments
invalid, even though the details of the attack made are completely unrelated
to the matter being discussed.

Thus observing that you sent your mail using a Windows MUA, then declaring
that your argument is invalid because you’re a Windows user and therefore
obviously mentally deficient, would be an ad hominem attack.

Nicolas Cage’s Hair is a Bird

The now famous picture of Nicolas Cage’s hair photoshopped into a bird is rumored to have originated on 4Chan, although no archived thread exists to confirm this. This image macro places the clear insistance of logic on top of an image with a rather high WTF quotient.

On May 19th, My Hair is a Bird made the front page of Digg.com

Yourargumentisinvalid.com was registered to Jeffrey Spies on May 22nd, 2008

The meme draws certain parallels to Pancake Bunny.

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13 Comments

Badgerfrank10
Jun 01, 2009 at 03:19PM UTC , Badgerfrank10 wrote:

this is not a meme, your argument is invalid

afrolarry
Jul 18, 2009 at 03:45PM UTC , afrolarry wrote:

you just used the meme, your argument is invalid

s0apscum
Aug 03, 2009 at 09:58PM UTC , s0apscum wrote:

Love it. This is awesome. :D

I always suspected it is a spin-off of the “oolong” response AKA pancake bunny.

Andrew W
Aug 20, 2009 at 02:23AM UTC , Andrew W wrote:

That pic of Nicholas Cage always makes me want to punch a baby. I don’t know why.

34GET
Aug 24, 2009 at 10:03AM UTC , 34GET wrote:

im a little conflicted about this. i rarely see these pics. ive only seen one “invalid argument” so far. but as for the nicholas cage pic, i see that all the time with out words

34GET
Aug 24, 2009 at 06:17PM UTC , 34GET wrote:

i found i sight for pics.
http://yourargumentisinvalid.com/

Keegan
Aug 25, 2009 at 05:56AM UTC , Keegan wrote:

@ badgerfrank1 it got confirmed your argument is invalid

Jostin Asuncion
Sep 12, 2009 at 04:14AM UTC , Jostin Asuncion wrote:

Dropping Macrochan link now: http://macrochan.org/search.php?tags=Your+argument+is+invalid

Zach Van Draden
Sep 19, 2009 at 02:02PM UTC , Zach Van Draden wrote:

Panda Bears are the greatest…

Chi The Cat
Nov 15, 2009 at 10:01AM UTC , Chi The Cat wrote:

That rocket launcher pic seems less meme, more threat.
Still gonna lawl at it.

Lanthus [Chicken Ace & Taking Names mode activated]
Nov 24, 2009 at 05:05AM UTC , Lanthus [Chicken Ace & Taking Names mode activated] wrote:

this might get me B& but

Luke
Dec 08, 2009 at 01:53PM UTC , Luke wrote:

Oh Logical Fallacies Crabgirl, your life was short but sweet.

ownagepie24
Mar 10, 2010 at 10:21PM UTC , ownagepie24 wrote:

Well now we know where Ray William Johnson got his 2 Camels in a Tiny Car.

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