What's the word for an argument that has far too many variables or steps of logic to be credible? Tenuous doesn't sound right, but it's close.
I would say "shitty," but that's kind of the umbrella term for a whole lot of arguments.
This is not funny. This... this is a morality tale about the evils of sake.
Simon ,'Objects In Space'
Natter 56: ...we need the writers.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Nutty - Feb 06, 2008 9:31:34 am PST #7924 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
hippocampus - Feb 06, 2008 9:32:11 am PST #7925 of 10001
not your mom's socks.
sarameg- if you're around? I need someone to talk me back from a ledge.
bon bon - Feb 06, 2008 9:37:24 am PST #7926 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Specious isn't quite what I mean. What I am describing (to the client, so shitty doesn't work) is an argument by one party where they have to show all sorts of things that are highly disputed in order to make their point-- [edited out of an abundance of work caution] "As you can see from this description, this argument is extraordinarily [tenuous, I guess]."
§ ita § - Feb 06, 2008 9:39:32 am PST #7927 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
How is this a well-titled cemetery? I mean, I know the source of the name isn't what immediately comes to mind, but still--that's part of the problem.
Looming large deadline moved two weeks. Doesn't ease up the tension one bit.
Sue - Feb 06, 2008 9:44:06 am PST #7928 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I would say that the argument is a house of cards, but I'm sure there's a better term for it out there.
JZ - Feb 06, 2008 9:44:31 am PST #7929 of 10001
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Seems like a totally unremarkable name to me, at least for a Catholic cemetery.
Sue - Feb 06, 2008 9:45:57 am PST #7930 of 10001
hip deep in pie
I think 3 of four grandparents of mine are buried in a Resurrection Cemetery
megan walker - Feb 06, 2008 9:46:38 am PST #7931 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Did they chew Trident?
Jesse - Feb 06, 2008 9:49:01 am PST #7932 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
And now my boss says, all passive-aggressive-like, "Are we going to get that in an email before the meeting?" Gee, if you checked your email, you would see that you got it an hour ago.
At least she'll be out of town next Monday and Tuesday.
ChiKat - Feb 06, 2008 9:49:39 am PST #7933 of 10001
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I'm now home. We didn't have a snow day, but we did close early (12:10) because of snow. Which means that I have all the drawbacks of a snow day (rehearsal cancelled, speeches cancelled this afternoon even though my 6th graders brought in all their stuff and some of it was food stuffs) and none of the sleeping in benefits.