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[[File:Seal_antenna.jpg|right|thumb|The future of Internet harassment]]
'''Sea-lioning''' is a [[logical fallacy]] which states that facts don't matter when opinion is involved. The latest in [[tumblr|Tumblrina]] fucktardery, [[lolwut|sea-lioning]] is what happens when a rational person questions the validity of [[otherkin|mayonnaise as a gender.]] If you came to this article looking for logic or a satisfying explanation, you're in the wrong place. In fact, if you expect anything spawned by the [[fat|hambeasts]] who think this shit is clever to be logical or satisfying, you probably [[fail]] at life and should become [[an hero]] immediately. Prepare your anus.



==[[shit nobody cares about|Origins]]==
[[File:Sealioning-sjw.jpg|thumb|A somewhat more accurate portrayal of "sea-lioning."]]
[[File:Sea-lioning.png|left|thumb|[[lie|This is both clever and funny.]]]]

Once upon a time, David Malki drew a [[unfunny|funny]] comic where a [[retard|woman]] expresses her dislike of sea lions to her husband. A sea lion who was passing by happens to hear the statement and humbly requests an explanation. The woman, being a deranged bitch, has no reason for her hate and instead of admitting she's wrong, ignores the sea lion. The [[animal]] then hounds her throughout her life, constantly asking her to justify herself. The comic ends with the man claiming the reason sea lions are so despicable is [[irony|because they use this pesky thing called logic.]]

==The Idiocy==

[[social justice|SJWs]], realizing they had a lot in common with the characters in the comic (namely that they're [[b|stupid assholes]] who act irrationally and hate it when [[neckbeard|hairy fat things]] politely question them), latched on to this and began referring to people who break their circlejerk as sea lions and [[logic|what they do]] as sea-lioning. They are also convinced that asking questions over the Internet is [[literally]] the same as stalking you 24 hours a day and into your home you guys. Now that they have safely dismissed any opposition as being sea lions, [[unwarranted self-importance|SJWs have declared victory forever and that they are right about everything.]]


==How to Troll Someone by "Sealioning"==

Basically just calmly and politely question every single thing a person says and don't stop. Make no assertions but refuse to leave them alone until they rage-quit. Don't give them any excuse to say you are mad or accuse you of harassment, but respond to everything they say in a drawn-out fashion like a [[pseudointellectual]] [[13-year old boy]] and end it with a request to further explain the contradictions in their position. This may not sound like trolling but it drives some people (SJWs and other trolls in particular) mad. If in the process you get accused of being [[butthurt]] let that veer off into another pointless conversation by long-windedly questioning why this person believes that you are butthurt.

==Examples==
[[File:Sea_leopard_hardcore.jpg|right|thumb|How sea lions settle arguments [[IRL]].]]
Note that these are even worse if done politely:

*Asking for [[evidence]] to back up their claims
*Asking for sources on their data
*Pointing out [[bullshit|contradictions]]
*Asking for an explanation to a statement
*Providing evidence that the other party is wrong
*Disagreeing with their opinion
*Questioning them at all


==See Also==

*[[Circlejerk]]
*[[GamerGate]]
*[[Webcomics]]
*[[Feminism]]

==External Links==

*[http://wondermark.com/1k62/ Source of the awfulness]
*[http://simplikation.com/why-sealioning-is-bad/ "Sea lioning is bad, guys, stop it!"]
*[http://nancyfriedman.typepad.com/away_with_words/2014/11/word-of-the-week-sea-lioning.html Confusing reasonable questions with "gish galloping"]
*[http://web.archive.org/web/20180111164923/https://storify.com/gameragodzilla/jimmy-wales-on-sealioning Even Jimbo thinks it's stupid] 

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