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Which logical fallacy is it?

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  • "The weather has been nice lately, so I think I’ll pass my exams."
    Non-sequitur
  • "I took this medicine and my cold got better, so the medicine must have cured me."
    Post Hoc
  • "I’m always right because I say so."
    Circular Reasoning
  • "Everyone is buying this phone, so it must be the best."
    Common Belief
  • "My favorite singer says this vitamin is the best, so it must be true."
    Appeal to Authority
  • "Why should I listen to your opinion? You've never even been abroad"
    Ad hominen
  • "No one has proven unicorns don’t exist, so they must exist."
    Appeal to Ignorance
  • "He’s wrong because he dresses badly."
    Ad Hominem
  • "If we let students redo assignments, soon they’ll want to retake courses, and eventually, they won’t learn anything."
    Slippery Slope
  • "I met two bad drivers from New York, so all New Yorkers must be bad drivers."
    Hasty Generalization
  • "The CEO is always right because he’s the boss."
    Appeal to Authority
  • "I wore my red socks and my team won the game, so wearing them again will help them win."
    Post Hoc
  • "I met two people from a particular town who were rude, so everyone from that town must be rude."
    Hasty Generalization
  • "My friends from Japan all like sushi so I guess everyone in Japan likes raw fish"
    Hasty Generalization
  • "If you fail this test, you’ll drop out of school and never get a job."
    Slippery Slope
  • "We lost money at the casino for a long time, so we must be about to win big."
    Gambler's fallacy