"I forgot to wear my lucky jersey, and my favorite team lost their playoff game. It's my fault they're not going to the Super Bowl." Identify the fallacy that applies to this example.
A. The fallacy of appeal to ignorance
B. The oversimplified cause fallacy
C. The post hoc fallacy
D. The mere correlation fallacy
E. None of the answers are correct
Answer: C
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