# Pitting UltraVires

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 22, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734 "2018-09-22T16:05:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![Babale](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/babale/32/15666_2.png) [@Babale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Babale)\
**Post date:** [July 21, 2021, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pitting-ultravires/821734/495 "2021-07-21T19:45:23Z")

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In today’s edition of “Posts I drafted in ATMB but decided was too spicy”:

> [@How should the Pit be changed, if at all?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-should-the-pit-be-changed-if-at-all/946859/139):
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> You mean you didn’t personally speak with all 7.85 billion people in the world to see if they ever posted on SDMB and were driven away? Please do your research before making claims in the future.

If you think asking someone making the claim that A leads to B whether we actually see B more frequently when A is true is unreasonable, I really don’t know what your standard of proof is. Whether you already agree with the statement being made or not? Whether you like the guy or not? Whether it’s a Wednesday after tea time? No wonder you buy into so much conservative nonsense.

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