# 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:** 854
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [July 20, 2023, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881/854 "2023-07-20T18:58:45Z")
> [@Dissonance](#): > > I think you’re missing the point. Sam has done plenty to be pitted for much more recently than something he did a year ago. I had assumed on first reading, as I imagine most people did, that this was something Sam had done recently. It was only when I noticed the date of Sam’s offending post as being July 21st and it being halfway down the thread in question that I realized there was some funky time distortion going on. Looking at past discussions about the rule against misgendering, the rule was in effect earlier than [Sep of 2021](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/chronos-clarification-please/951378) There was a reorganization of the rule on Jul 30, '22 but I do think that the rule was there earlier. --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-serious-question-for-sam-stone-on-factual-errors/955881)._