midnightpulp
06-15-2019, 02:58 AM
(disclaimer. Spurraider is a good dude, so I'm not trying to troll him/insult him with this thread, I'm simply analyzing what it means to "Philo," because the Philo meme is pretty humorous).
Step 1: Find an opinion that is common sense logical and reasonable but pick out some minutia from said argument and form a counterargument from that. Philoing, at its core, is not really about having a discussion or even proving shitty opinions wrong, but more about arguing for argument's sake.
Ex: "The sky is blue."
Philo rebuttal: "No it isn't. Not always, at least. What about overcast days?"
Ex. "Water is wet."
Philo rebuttal: "Ice is frozen water, and it's not always 'wet.' "
Step 2: Incessantly remind a poster of opinions they had in the past, opinions which you've replied to with previous Philoing and that are unrelated to the current argument in question.
Ex. "Yeah, I think rocks are hard, too."
Philo reply: ":lol, you also think water is wet."
Sports example:
"Yeah, I think X player is the best in the league right now."
Philo: ":lol you also thought X player was the best in 2012."
Step 3: When your Philoing is backed into a corner, move onto another argument. To Philo is to never concede a point.
Ex. "Jesus, Philo. Rocks are fuckin' hard. Everyone with common sense understands that."
Philo rebuttal: "Yeah but some rocks are soft. Like Gypsum."
Ex. "No one thinks of Gypsum when you say 'rock,' they think of something like a granite stone."
Philo rebuttal: *leave*
Follow these steps and you should be Philoing other posters into irritation in no time.
Step 1: Find an opinion that is common sense logical and reasonable but pick out some minutia from said argument and form a counterargument from that. Philoing, at its core, is not really about having a discussion or even proving shitty opinions wrong, but more about arguing for argument's sake.
Ex: "The sky is blue."
Philo rebuttal: "No it isn't. Not always, at least. What about overcast days?"
Ex. "Water is wet."
Philo rebuttal: "Ice is frozen water, and it's not always 'wet.' "
Step 2: Incessantly remind a poster of opinions they had in the past, opinions which you've replied to with previous Philoing and that are unrelated to the current argument in question.
Ex. "Yeah, I think rocks are hard, too."
Philo reply: ":lol, you also think water is wet."
Sports example:
"Yeah, I think X player is the best in the league right now."
Philo: ":lol you also thought X player was the best in 2012."
Step 3: When your Philoing is backed into a corner, move onto another argument. To Philo is to never concede a point.
Ex. "Jesus, Philo. Rocks are fuckin' hard. Everyone with common sense understands that."
Philo rebuttal: "Yeah but some rocks are soft. Like Gypsum."
Ex. "No one thinks of Gypsum when you say 'rock,' they think of something like a granite stone."
Philo rebuttal: *leave*
Follow these steps and you should be Philoing other posters into irritation in no time.