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Originally posted by robbie carrobie
Would you ask Donald Trump for marital advice? No, why not?
Hope I don't hurt your feelings.....But.....

I'd ask Donald for advice on anything, long before I'd ask you!

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Originally posted by Very Rusty
Hope I don't hurt your feelings.....But.....

I'd ask Donald for advice on anything, long before I'd ask you!
really, you'd ask him for advice on how to shed his hair, best of luck to you mate, you'll
need it and thank you for demonstrating a real ad hominem, i wasn't actually offering
any advice.

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Originally posted by Kewpie
As someone who didn't do Latin, I'd like a free translation of this. Does it mean something like "playing the man" in football?
If someone elaborates his arguments, you say - his wife is a whore, his children are stupid, he is a fool and enemy of the state, etc.

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All of which is totally irrelevant to the argument, it's like a "yes-but" in that it's clearly evasive, and intended to deflect a perceived threat, yes?

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Yep.

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