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Comment author: BenAlbahari 01 March 2010 03:49:15AM 2 points [-]

Argument fallacies and rhetorical tactics are used all the time by people who aren't even aware of it. In a sense, this lack of awareness makes it even creepier. It's like one zombie fiddling with the brain of another zombie.

Comment author: bogdanb 15 March 2010 09:01:35PM 0 points [-]

It's like one zombie fiddling with the brain of another zombie.

I saw many comments referring to the dark arts as creepy, and I never understood what they meant* until I read this line :-)

(*: as opposed to, eg, reprehensible)