# Smapti is Pitted

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [May 21, 2014, 8:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907 "2014-05-21T08:14:40Z")\
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**Author:** ![hansel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6bbea6/32.png) [@hansel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hansel)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2014, 6:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/smapti-is-pitted/688907/186 "2014-07-15T06:30:58Z")

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Here’s the most awesomely Straussian distillation of Smapti so far:

> [@Claim: the NSA records and stores 80% of U.S. phone calls](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/claim-the-nsa-records-and-stores-80-of-u-s-phone-calls/692912/13):
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> It is in the people’s best interest to conceal information from them which would cause them to act against their best interest.

Is that an ice bath I just climbed into?

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