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Red Herring fallacy: a form of strawman fallacy where a person introduces another topic in order to distract the initial discussion.
Example of which is when your pompous, wannabe-smart professor asks you another topic that has nothing to do with your report topic. It’s disappointing that many people with single or multiple doctorate degrees commit this fallacy just to make themselves look smart. The problem is that when you tell that person that they’re committing a fallacy, they’ll call you a smart ass and resort to another logical fallacy named “appeal to authority”.
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Red Herring, a.k.a. "Look at the shiny thing!"
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The "appeal to authority" fallacy is something my mom uses a lot. And by "a lot", I mean more than she used to. As I've grown (as a person...not physically, unfortunately
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@imreloadin As of my latest physical, I've stopped growing at 5'7", 130lbs. I'm a small dude.
I plan to bulk up some in college, though.
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Eh 5'7" isn't that bad. I had a friend who is 28 and 5'2" so you don't have it as bad as him lol.
- Techstorm970 and AlTech
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I plan to bulk up some in college, though. 
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