# A serious question for Sam Stone on Factual Errors **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 11, 2021, 12:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881 "2021-12-11T12:32:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 649
**Author:** ![steronz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steronz/32/11765_2.png) [@steronz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/steronz)\ **Post date:** [March 20, 2023, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/649 "2023-03-20T13:39:22Z")
> [@Left\_Hand\_of\_Dorkness](#): > > > [@Sam\_Stone](#): > > > > No, I did not read the article. > > Do you genuinely not see how this is a recurring problem for you–that you treat cites as ornamental and you treat reading them as optional? Over and over you make this error and get called on it; and instead of _changing your behavior_, you get a snippy martyr complex. I’ve been traveling and I’m catching up on threads I missed out on, and I see this nonsense: > [@Are There Huge Dangers With Overemphasizing Self-Reliance?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-there-huge-dangers-with-overemphasizing-self-reliance/981188/2): > > Paywalled for me, but the concept seems ridiculous. > > … This is the _first_ response and immediately derails the thread. Sam, I know you read this… do you have any self-awareness? Do you think this sort of thing makes you a quality poster? “I didn’t read the article you wanted to discuss but I’m going to fart my opinion at you anyway.” --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881)._