Ways of making a point that make you instantly lose interest in a thread

[Chimera]

@GargoyleWB

“I insist on a retraction or acknowledgment of the sub-sub-counterpoint made on page 16 of this thread. Until you do so it is futile to continue”

Oh hell yes, especially when the acknowledgement or counter-point has already been made and they’re unwilling to recognize that you actually addressed it (but keep pushing for you to do so), most usually because you didn’t give the answer they want.

[Anaamika]

This:

“Bush/Obama/Some politician did X.”
Someone responds:

“Well, Bush/Obama/some other politician did X back in the day and you didn’t seem to care then. HYPOCRITE!”
That irks me so bad I click out of the thread immediately. There is one person who does it all the time and now there is another whom I used to like who has started this habit, too. Who cares? Can we discuss the topic at hand? And then you can start another thread about your issue?
Grrr.

[Unintentionally_Blank]

@spark240

One need not be a braking system engineer to know this, just as one need not be an expert in any particular field, necessarily, to be right on a particular point. Therefore “expertise” and credentials aren’t the point. (That’s my point.) If you happen to both both an expert and right, you should be able to readily document this with evidence on the point at hand, which is much more relevant than your credentials, and better reading than any “Long laborious justification of expertise.” See what I mean?

My point is this: I can have real world experience. I can make a statement. The burden of proof can extend to several hundred words. All to be undone by:

“That just doesn’t make any sence! I don’t think you have any clue.”

It’s the burden of proof that chaps my hide.