# "Cite?" is wearing very thin

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [January 26, 2009, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065 "2009-01-26T16:55:49Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
**Page:** 9

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/161 "2009-02-24T17:57:04Z")

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> [@Zoe](#):
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> all of the whiining about how you shouldn’t be expected to know anything and we shouldn’t trust noted experts and you should be allowed to pull down answers out of thin air

> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Exactly.

By the way, in the spirit of you guys’ assholery in this thread, please “cite” where I said any of this. Thanks in advance for your prompt and concise response.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/162 "2009-02-24T18:17:18Z")

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> [@Cisco](#):
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> Funny how everyone else got it.
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> :rolleyes: “Weasel”, “slow”, “giblets for brains” and jabs at my mother aren’t personal insults? You’re a huge hypocrite, DrDeth.

I did say your \*posts \*here were weaseling, and I stand by that. I never even used the word “giblets”.

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/163 "2009-02-24T18:22:36Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> I did say your \*posts \*here were weaseling, and I stand by that.

Coming from Captain Weasel himself, I stand by my hypocrite comment. No comment on your ‘yo mama’ jab? Meh. Expected.

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**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/164 "2009-02-24T18:26:33Z")

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> [@Cisco](#):
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> Coming from Captain Weasel himself, I stand by my hypocrite comment. No comment on your ‘yo mama’ jab? Meh. Expected.

Just about every child in America had temper tantrums and a mother, you didn’t? Of course, most of us have grown out of them.:rolleyes:

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**Author:** ![Cisco](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ccd318/32.png) [@Cisco](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cisco)\
**Post date:** [February 24, 2009, 6:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/cite-is-wearing-very-thin/483065/165 "2009-02-24T18:30:44Z")

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> [@DrDeth](#):
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> Just about every child in America had temper tantrums and a mother, you didn’t? Of course, most of us have grown out of them.:rolleyes:

When you type that I am a weasel, do you seriously do it with a straight face?

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