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by _jal 2396 days ago
> saying "yeah but everyone does it" is about as off-topic of a remark as you can get

I've seen this sort of "argument" a lot lately. Not sure why people think it communicates anything other than lazy cynicism.

That everyone (to a rounding error) has sex does not mean that everyone has sex with everyone.

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It's got an actual name: Whataboutism.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whataboutism

How amusing that it's most often associated with Russian propaganda.