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Originally Posted by Ashenden
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I love that when people disagree with a change they take it to the absolute extreme via things like resolution and internet speed to try and make it sound dumb.
Is there a name for that kind of argument?
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Reductio ad Absurdum, a common thing nowadays especially in political ... lets call them "discussions". The goal is to reduce a point to its most simplistic state and then take it to 11 on the absurdity scale, in order to prove that the point itself is silly.
It is also a low form of debate and is often used as a haughty dismissal rather than a tool to add to a discussion, but that's just like, my opinion, man.