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Comment author: ChristianKl 12 January 2016 07:03:37PM 1 point [-]

manages to not look silly.

Computer security as portrayed on TV frequently does look silly.

Comment author: Lumifer 12 January 2016 07:14:47PM 1 point [-]

Computer security as portrayed on TV frequently does look silly.

This is a fully general counterargument: "X as portrayed on TV frequently does look silly"

Comment author: Jiro 12 January 2016 08:40:00PM 0 points [-]

A fully general argument is not "an argument where you can substitute something for X and get something grammatical". Not all things look silly on TV with the same frequency.

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