I’m just struck by the gall of people willing to appeal to their own authority.
X: “Leopards prefer snorkeling over scuba diving. It is a fact.”
Y: “Really? What are you basing that on?”
X: “It’s true because I say it is. Besides, if you could refute my point you’d have done it so, clearly, I am correct.”
God I love reading those old Aldeposts.
Self indulgent waste of time that he was… I mean, that it was. 
“I am the source upon which I base my claim” is a true gem. colonial being around is worth it just because of that.
A lot of your hardcore fundies don’t think Mormons are true Christians. (Probably the same ones who think Catholics worship saints)
So I wouldn’t put this guy up with Aldebaran, other than the “my post is my cite” crap.
Eh, he doesn’t sem to have the incessant, seething hostility that gave Aldebaran’s posts that extra bit of Je ne sais quoi.
“I am the source on which I base my claim” is a thing of rare beauty, however.
No, Aldebaran is a star in our own galaxy, about 65LY away from us, seen in the constellation Taurus. Star Wars took place in a galaxy “far far away” (arguably, all galaxies we know of could so be described), Princess Leia’s home planet (which is a dubious distinction since episode III indicates it was not where she was born) was called “Alderan”.
Hah, same here.
I know.
Shut up, nerd. <punch>
In case anyone is wondering, here’s a cite for the quoted post.
Okay, now there’s a response that needs to get used more on these boards.
Oh, and if someone “punches” you, it should have some minor consequence.
I know:
“Shut up, nerd. <punch>”
Hey! Now my monitor’s crooked for the next hour. Thanks a lot,geez, all I did was point out that the Oxford comm… Shut up, pedant. <punch> Hey!!!
As long as we are being nitpicky, it’s actually Alderaan. Not Alderan.
Shut up, nerd. <punch>
Challenge accepted! A duel at dawn with toilet paper tubes wrapped in foil! (We will put the sfx in later.)
I’m force choking the whole lot of you.
Perhaps he’s writing his posts in COBOL?
What I find the most amusing is how:
…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. 
Oh, and:
Shut up, nerd. <punch> 
Uhh… this is awkward, but, umm, did you not notice all the soggy paper towel tubes in the Pit this fall? Yeah, so… we’re avoiding all paper-based cylinders just to avoid creeping people out (True, there was one guy not creeped out, but that’s because he was too busy creeping everyone else out).
So you can have a duel with foil-wrapped tube socks or bananas, as long as you save us money in post by making the lightsaber sounds yourselves.
I guess it’s official that the paper towel tube has become another SDMB meme. The first one in like a decade it seems.