What does "agree and amplify" actually mean?

IllimitableMan · 2014-10-25T20:18:38+00:00

Agree and amplify is the usage of the logical fallacy reductio ad absurdum (latin for: reduce to absurdity.) What you do is you take someone's criticism and imply it is absurd by exacerbating what they have said. So if someone were to say "seanlikecrazy is gay" instead of getting butthurt like a normal guy and saying "I'm not gay!" as if you're ashamed and that's there's something of value to that remark, you'd say "I'm so gay I woke up in Narnia with a pinky ring on and a pain in my left butt cheek"

That's agree and amplify. It shows indifference and it gives no power to accusations that are made against you.

You can disagree and amplify too, it has the same effect. Eg: "No I'm not gay I just like fucking men ALL THE TIME."

Try to keep a straight face for even more effect.

vandaalen · 2014-10-25T15:46:55+00:00

A & a is just one valid way to deal with shit-tests. It's taking a statement and exegerating it beyond being ridculous.

"You are such an asshole!"

Wrong: "No! I am a nice guy!" Right: "Yep. And I also eat children."

spoetnick · 2014-10-25T11:58:10+00:00

A girl is talking smack, instead of going against it you go with it and make it more extreme. It takes the edge of if and you show that whatever she said is just ridiculous.

"I guess a strong woman just scares you" - Yes they do. Like those clowns in horror movies. I just want to scream and run when I see one.

Couldn't come up with a better example, but the pro's in here will probably have some better ones :-)

M3_Drifter · 2014-10-25T12:27:31+00:00

Basically, she challenges you (aka shit test), and you respond with something so clearly over the top that it's making fun of her challenge, thereby proving that you are not fazed by her. Her challenge was worthless.

We were discussing invisibility, and I remarked on how it would be easy to join the mile high club, with the implication being two invisible people having consensual sex. She took a different viewpoint.

Her: You can't rape people!

Me: Clearly, I rape everyone all the time already. I don't need to be invisible.

Her: Good point.

Her. You're awful

Me: You're awful for talking to me.

Me: You should find a proper nice person.

Her: That's not how it works.

Her: [I want the D.]

loin_fruit · 2014-10-25T15:34:52+00:00

Here's an example. The other day a girl I was hitting on said "but dont you have a vag?" I replied with "yes. I'm a lesbian and my vagina is only for pretty girls"

It was my way of saying she wasn't pretty and knocking her off the pedestal.

vengefully_yours · 2014-10-25T16:56:28+00:00

Are you fucking anyone other than me?

Of course, I have hundreds lined up outside so don't cut in line when you get here.

leftajar · 2014-10-25T17:52:58+00:00

Here's a common one: "You're a player! I bet you say this to hundreds of women."

"Yep! Thousands! In fact, you're number 2236."

Chaohinon · 2014-10-25T19:01:31+00:00

My most practiced example (I'm surrounded by wannabe alphas on the job, so homophobes abound), is if someone tried to insult you by calling you, "gay/faggot", offer to suck his dick better than any woman ever could. Whooosh, wind, sails, gone.

That doesn't translate to banter with women, but the same principles apply. Take anything (and I mean anything, even something nuclear like small penis or pedophile), and wear it on your chest.

e.g. "That chick just turned 19 and you're almost 30, what are you, some kind of pedo?"

"Yeeeaahh honestly they're better around 13, 14, so supple, fertile, and naive. I guess this one will have to do for now."

You get the idea. Just like most RP stuff, you just have to see this shit in action to really believe it. I'm continually amazed at just how far i can go with A&A and get nothing but playful banter in return.

exbp · 2014-10-25T19:49:53+00:00

It's part of the fact that they are ruled by emotions. They just say ridiculous crap without thinking because that's how they felt right then. The technique is to not take it seriously and thus not feed into the irrational discussion.

fluviant · 2014-10-25T14:56:26+00:00

It's a way of deducing her insult's effect/validity by correcting her (agree) with the more extreme (amplify) version of her insult.

Simple example:

Her: You're mean/awkward/weird

You: I'm the meanest/most awkward/weirdest

You agree with her premise (that you're mean/awkward/weird), but amplify it (meanest/most awkward/weirdest). It's a social dominance maneuver in that you've positioned yourself above her. It's hard to save face for the woman without being a total cunt/bitch after you A&A.

Title	What does "agree and amplify" actually mean?
Author	seanlikecrazy
Upvotes	11
Comments	17
Date	October 25, 2014 11:12 AM UTC (11 years ago)
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