Goomba fallacy

goomba fallacy English thumb|upright=1.1|Original illustration of the Goomba fallacy Alternative forms en goomba fallacy Etymology en a fictional species (Goomba) from Nintendo's Mario franchise Mario franchise. The term references an Internet meme depicting the fallacy using Goombas posted to Twitter by @supersylvie_ on January 29, 2024.en 2024-01-29 supersylvie_ 1752088688115253737 1 what if instead of wojaks they were something cool like goombajaks and looked like this https://web.archive.org/web/20261004025358/https://x.com/supersylvie_/status/1752088688115253737 4 October 2026 Pronunciation en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Goomba fallacy.wav GA Noun en Internet slang A logical fallacy that occurs when someone sees contradictory opinions expressed by members of a group and mistakenly believes that those people are being hypocritical, when in reality those contradictory opinions were expressed by separate individuals. en association fallacy en Galileo fallacy References Further reading The Goomba Fallacy https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-goomba-fallacy en 2025-04-07 Heddwen Newton An explanation of 'the goomba fallacy' as used by young people in 2025 English in Progress blog https://englishinprogress.net/gen-z-slang/goomba-fallacy-explained/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260929202018/https://englishinprogress.net/gen-z-slang/goomba-fallacy-explained/ 29 September 2026 en Nintendo Logical fallacies