# If you're missing Aldebaran, I have found a contender for you!

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [October 19, 2012, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-missing-aldebaran-i-have-found-a-contender-for-you/638226 "2012-10-19T14:14:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![voltaire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voltaire/32/313_2.png) [@voltaire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/voltaire)\
**Post date:** [October 21, 2012, 2:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-youre-missing-aldebaran-i-have-found-a-contender-for-you/638226/37 "2012-10-21T02:29:39Z")

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What I find the most amusing is how:

> [@Are Mormons also "Christian?"](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-mormons-also-christian/638065/97):
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> I am the source upon which I base my claim.

…is exactly like _“My post is my cite.”_ except that it uses the kind of stick-up-the-ass, embellished phraseology that is so often used by people trying to make a bunch of fact-free bullshit sound like gospel.

You couldn’t manage to make \*“My post is my cite.” \*sound more pompous if you tried. 😃

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