# Sceptics, a little less snark please?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [October 12, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858 "2018-10-12T15:25:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858/41 "2018-10-13T17:00:51Z")

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> [@kayaker](#):
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> [Credulity is not a virtue.](http://dissonancepod.com/the-skeptics-creed/)

Are those supposed to be handy terms to cut and paste in online discussions?

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**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858/42 "2018-10-13T17:05:16Z")

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> [@Jackmannii](#):
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> Are those supposed to be handy terms to cut and paste in online discussions?

It’s a poem. Maybe it’s different hearing it recited by the author, or maybe it’s just me.

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**Author:** ![RaftPeople](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/6f9a4e/32.png) [@RaftPeople](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RaftPeople)\
**Post date:** [October 13, 2018, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858/43 "2018-10-13T17:15:55Z")

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> [@Darren\_Garrison](#):
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> This. It comes from hearing the same idiotic bullshit trotted out over and over and over by morons [who think that they have pulled off a “gotcha ya.”](https://boingboing.net/2016/02/10/tom-the-dancing-bug-how-gavin.html)

That’s pretty a pretty funny link.

However, it’s important to make good choices about when to respond that way vs being informative. When I was young and had no understanding of evolution or biology, I asked that exact question (“why still monkeys?”). Fortunately someone gave me a reasonable response and made me want to learn more about evolution and biology.

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**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2018, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sceptics-a-little-less-snark-please/822858/44 "2018-10-14T01:33:50Z")

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I will be impressed by the “Kinder, gentler, no hint of mockery” approach when confronting woo when I actually see it work in real life…and by “work”, I certainly don’t mean “minds haven’t been changed a whit, but they went away feeling happy”.

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