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Four-panel comic strip showing Duchess attempt to go vegan at a cafe, get caught eating fish, get smacked and expelled from the group, and storm off to the butcher — a perfect example of the No True Scotsman fallacy

No True Scotsman: The Vegan Nazi

A little bit of fish never hurt anyone. The vegans disagree. Strongly.

No True Scotsman: The Vegan Nazi

A little bit of fish never hurt anyone. The vegans disagree. Strongly.

Close-up of Duchess sprinting after a screaming Bruno, holding Hoppy the grasshopper in his face outside the house

You Too Fallacy: Everyone's Scared of Something

Bruno mocks Duchess for being scared of a cucumber. Then Duchess introduces Hoppy. Turns out Bruno isn't as brave as he thought.

You Too Fallacy: Everyone's Scared of Something

Bruno mocks Duchess for being scared of a cucumber. Then Duchess introduces Hoppy. Turns out Bruno isn't as brave as he thought.

Close-up of Duchess approaching the Dogs Party entrance, where a beagle bouncer blocks her with a "No Cats Allowed" sign next to a blue and gold balloon arch

Appeal to Tradition: Old School or the New Way?

Duchess wants into the Dogs Party. The rule is no cats. The reason? It's always been done this way. Duchess has thoughts on this. They involve a dog mask.

Appeal to Tradition: Old School or the New Way?

Duchess wants into the Dogs Party. The rule is no cats. The reason? It's always been done this way. Duchess has thoughts on this. They involve a dog mask.

Close-up of Bruno the beagle wrapped head to toe in bandages, fist raised defiantly, with Duchess the cat looking on nervously in a brick alley

Moving the Goalpost Fallacy: Bruno's Rat Race

Bruno swore the next rat he saw was gonna get it. He saw the rat. The rat had other plans.

Moving the Goalpost Fallacy: Bruno's Rat Race

Bruno swore the next rat he saw was gonna get it. He saw the rat. The rat had other plans.

Duchess sits sweaty and stressed in a messy armchair surrounded by empty bottles and snack wrappers, watching horse racing on TV with a look of desperate hope

Gambler's Fallacy: Final Hope: Sugar Blaze

Duchess is down to her last $1000. Seven horses have failed her. But number eight - Sugar Blaze - is surely the one. It has to be. She's due.

Gambler's Fallacy: Final Hope: Sugar Blaze

Duchess is down to her last $1000. Seven horses have failed her. But number eight - Sugar Blaze - is surely the one. It has to be. She's due.