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Are you intending to convey that the author somehow deserves to be considered an expert in sugar babies? ..wow.. I'm truly speechless.

Unsolicited feedback for you, sir, madame, or they @powerslacker: Characterizing things as "absurd" is detrimental to discussion quality in every case across the board. The label is arbitrary and uncurious, making it a poor choice of starting place if your goal is to inform and persuade.

Best wishes, MD.

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I'm not calling the author an expert on sugar babies. I was providing an example to show that it is illogical to dismiss everything a person says, even if they have said something outrageous in the past.

Absurd: wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

It's not detrimental to discussion to point out an absurd statement. I'm not saying absurd in order to be rude, but pointing out that it's a logical error. It's not a poor starting place if my goal is to inform others that the addressed statement is in fact absurd. Since that is exactly what I was attempting to do I'd call it a very reasonable starting place.

Let's please just agree to ignore each other from now on. We'll both have a better life this way. Cheers.

No you are just pretending to be reasonable. It's fake. You are ignoring information and calling it generosity of mind.

I don't care what you assert is "logical." Because you can't even modus ponens correctly.

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