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AreWeSure ago

Hi, this is an example of a logical fallacy called argument from incredulity.

My own take: I cannot for the life of me conceive that they could be talking about real cheese here.

You are building an argument based on a conversation from people you've never met and don't know how they normally speak.

AreWeSure ago

For example, you might find it suspicious for someone to describe cheese as "lovely and tempting." But it might be true that people do.

People describe food all the time as tempting, especially if they are prone to gaining weight. https://s3.amazonaws.com/lowres.cartoonstock.com/religion-yield_to_temptation-sacrifices-temptations-tempt-tempted-mban4298_low.jpg

AreWeSure ago

Also I think you're missing an important clue in the email. It's Christmas time. The gifts they give out to many people are Christmas gifts. They are recurring because they give them out every year. I have a "strategy" at Christmas time for my sister who is hard to shop for. I pick a dollar amount and then buy her that much wine. Some years it's 4 bottles, some years, it's six. I've probably done this 15 years in a row.

shillcrusher13 ago

You must be really good at playing dominos on pasta.