# I think we can fully quote people now!

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**Created:** [September 23, 2022, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057 "2022-09-23T00:15:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\
**Post date:** [September 30, 2022, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-we-can-fully-quote-people-now/972057/47 "2022-09-30T22:39:32Z")

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Just FYI, this is why full quotes are often necessary.

> [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/29):
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> Ah, gotcha. Minimal issue then.

> [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/30):
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> I wouldn’t call brain damage, especially with the possibility of CTE, a “minimal issue”.

> [@NFL 2022: Week Four Score and Seven Years Ago](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/nfl-2022-week-four-score-and-seven-years-ago/972456/31):
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> Sorry, should have quoted instead of just replying. Full context:

It causes confusion at times to not include a quote in a reply. (Not trying to single out any poster misbehavior here, just showing how confusion can naturally result without quotes, and why it’s such a terrible design decision for Discourse to remove quotes.)

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