# The difficulty in waiting and seeing

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**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [August 9, 2022, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381 "2022-08-09T19:49:32Z")\
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**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\
**Post date:** [August 9, 2022, 11:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-difficulty-in-waiting-and-seeing/969381/11 "2022-08-09T23:03:07Z")

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> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> > [@TroutMan](#):
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> > the opportunity to lord it over everyone else.
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> One thing that sometimes surprises me is how relatively little of this there is on these boards, considering how (again, relatively) often people actually do speculate accurately.

You’re right, and I was thinking about lording it over others in my head. I’d never actually post “neener neener, I was right.” But in my weaker moments, I’ve certainly thought it and have taken certain pleasure in doing so.

> [@Roderick\_Femm](#):
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> Some people seem to enjoy ghoulishly raking through the details as if they wished they were more closely involved, or writing almost as if they knew the people involved. I do tent do stay away from those threads.

Come on, [that never happens here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/van-lifer-goes-missing-on-cross-country-trip-with-fiancee/950604) 😉 (FWIW, I agree. Or at least I don’t typically speculate in them, even if I do still read some of them.)

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