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Originally Posted by BucEyedPea
I know I responded to this already. I just had to re-read the thread to find where anyone even said "...that The Big Bang Theory is quality television because a lot of people watch it." No one said that. There were posts stating mainly preferences like: "really enjoy it."..."it's a funny show"..."I like the show a lot" etc. I said it was successful and popular. For someone calling out the use of logical fallacies, you used the strawman fallacy where I bolded your words. Yet, you were the one tossing "strawman" out to another poster.
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This is the quote I was referring to numb nuts.
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It has very high ratings for reason. It's well liked and popular.
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Textbook appeal fallacy. You assume that because it has high ratings, it is therefore well liked and popular. This doesn't discredit the notion that while a lot of people do enjoy it, a lot of people also think it's terrible and unfunny.