# Tell Me Something You’re Not Supposed To Say **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 25, 2022, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064 "2022-12-25T03:34:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 11
**Author:** ![california\_jobcase](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@california\_jobcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/california_jobcase)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/201 "2023-01-21T22:26:57Z")
I think the live bullet in Alex Baldwin’s gun was put there by a Trumper because of Baldwin’s SNL antics. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2023, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/202 "2023-01-21T23:51:49Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > Rarely, if ever, do those looking aghast at those claims mention that D’s did exactly the same thing about Trump in 2016, and maintained the claim, many to this day. Cite?? ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/203 "2023-01-22T00:49:39Z")
Cite?? are you kidding me? Google Democrat election deniers and you will get pages of them. Starting of course with Hillary Clinton. Absurd. Do you live watching CNN? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/204 "2023-01-22T00:51:06Z")
I read your post repeatedly. I still don’t see a cite in it. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/205 "2023-01-22T01:03:25Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > Cite?? are you kidding me? Google Democrat election deniers and you will get pages of them. Then it shouldn’t be that difficult for you to provide one of them. ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/206 "2023-01-22T02:14:09Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > I don’t think one is supposed to say that Democrats are not nearly as honorable as they think themselves to be. I think people say that all the time. ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/207 "2023-01-22T02:33:15Z")
[https://gop.com/research/over-150-examples-of-democrats-denying-election-results-rsr/](https://gop.com/research/over-150-examples-of-democrats-denying-election-results-rsr/) ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 2:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/208 "2023-01-22T02:35:32Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > the D’s then exerted significant and ongoing efforts to sabotage Trump and his administration, in every way they could. Welcome to America. It seems that you are not familiar with our political system. But your post did remind of another thing you’re not supposed to say; You’re not supposed to say that you had the buggiest crowd size when standing in front of a memorial to dead CIA officers. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/209 "2023-01-22T03:13:19Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > You’re not supposed to say that you had the buggiest crowd size when standing in front of a memorial to dead CIA officers. Biggest. Not buggiest. Stupid autocorrect. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2023, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/210 "2023-01-22T19:16:19Z")
> [@Moriarty](#): > > Biggest. > > Not buggiest. Stupid autocorrect. Buggiest is not cool either. 🤡 ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/211 "2023-01-23T00:07:03Z")
Wow! That completely unbiased web page has convinced me. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/212 "2023-01-23T00:25:14Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Buggiest is not cool either. He was in the headquarters of the CIA. I think he was just trying to warn us about all the bugs that have been planted there. ---
**Author:** ![mundylion](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mundylion/32/3604_2.png) [@mundylion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mundylion)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 12:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/213 "2023-01-23T00:49:38Z")
I make an obvious statement, someone fends it off by demanding a “Cite”, I supply a Cite, so now the response is unbiased source! Are the citations wrong? You know they are not. Why didn’t you complain “Citations on a Saturday? Just as reasonable. ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/214 "2023-01-23T00:52:27Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > You know they are not I was unaware you had perfected telepathy. Probably, I just assumed that some one who can’t provide a decent cite would be unable to crack the nut of mindreading. ---
**Author:** ![Biffster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biffster/32/339_2.png) [@Biffster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biffster)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/215 "2023-01-23T04:50:09Z")
> [@mundylion](#): > > I make an obvious statement, someone fends it off by demanding a “Cite”, I supply a Cite, so now the response is unbiased source! Are the citations wrong? You know they are not. Why didn’t you complain “Citations on a Saturday? Just as reasonable. Well at least you cited a completely unbiased source. Well done. ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/216 "2023-01-23T16:33:55Z")
> [@Biffster](#): > > Well at least you cited a completely unbiased source. Well done. The Irony Police will be knocking on your door shortly. ---
**Author:** ![Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eyebrows_0f_doom/32/3119_2.png) [@Eyebrows\_0f\_Doom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eyebrows_0f_Doom)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 4:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/217 "2023-01-23T16:59:24Z")
I think you missed the obvious sarcasm there… ---
**Author:** ![Ulfreida](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ulfreida/32/8014_2.png) [@Ulfreida](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ulfreida)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2023, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/218 "2023-01-23T17:43:08Z")
No, I was responding to it. Meta, it’s all meta now. ---
**Author:** ![outlierrn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/outlierrn/32/3005_2.png) [@outlierrn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/outlierrn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/219 "2023-01-24T07:12:15Z")
Sure is quiet around here. ---
**Author:** ![Machine\_Elf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/82dd89/32.png) [@Machine\_Elf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Machine_Elf)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2023, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064/220 "2023-01-24T11:29:58Z")
Many years ago Paul Graham wrote a good essay on moral fashion and things you’re not supposed to say: [http://paulgraham.com/say.html](http://paulgraham.com/say.html) > Let’s start with a test: Do you have any opinions that you would be reluctant to express in front of a group of your peers? > > If the answer is no, you might want to stop and think about that. If everything you believe is something you’re supposed to believe, could that possibly be a coincidence? Odds are it isn’t. Odds are you just think what you’re told. > > The other alternative would be that you independently considered every question and came up with the exact same answers that are now considered acceptable. That seems unlikely, because you’d also have to make the same mistakes. Mapmakers deliberately put slight mistakes in their maps so they can tell when someone copies them. If another map has the same mistake, that’s very convincing evidence. > > Like every other era in history, our moral map almost certainly contains a few mistakes. And anyone who makes the same mistakes probably didn’t do it by accident. It would be like someone claiming they had independently decided in 1972 that bell-bottom jeans were a good idea. > > If you believe everything you’re supposed to now, how can you be sure you wouldn’t also have believed everything you were supposed to if you had grown up among the plantation owners of the pre-Civil War South, or in Germany in the 1930s — or among the Mongols in 1200, for that matter? Odds are you would have. > > Back in the era of terms like “well-adjusted,” the idea seemed to be that there was something wrong with you if you thought things you didn’t dare say out loud. This seems backward. Almost certainly, there is something wrong with you if you don’t think things you don’t dare say out loud. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064.md?page=10) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tell-me-something-you-re-not-supposed-to-say/977064.md?page=12)