# YogSothoth, how'd you get so fucking stupid?

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**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [September 26, 2016, 11:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsothoth-howd-you-get-so-fucking-stupid/766996 "2016-09-26T23:58:39Z")\
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**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\
**Post date:** [September 27, 2016, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/yogsothoth-howd-you-get-so-fucking-stupid/766996/29 "2016-09-27T03:03:52Z")

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> [@YogSothoth](#):
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> The crux of your post at me in that other topic was that I didn’t know what I was talking about and therefore shouldn’t post a suggestion. Are you now saying that if I had only given erroneous information, you would have been fine with that? Let’s try that!
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> “Allison27, given what I know of your burn, it sounds like it is perfectly safe and not a real injury. Real injuries should hurt, so if it doesn’t hurt, there is no need to worry about it”
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> Now fachverwirrt, you respond to that! Go! 😉

The exact words I used were

> [@Burn \[why doesn't it hurt?\]](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burn-why-doesnt-it-hurt/766934/13):
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> Here’s a radical idea: if you have no idea what you’re talking about, maybe avoid dispensing medical advice on the internet?

See that word there? “Advice”. You, know, the exact word I just used in the post you’re trying to evade.

Yeah, that one.

Now allow me to expound: there is a difference between “correct information, paired with advice to consult an actual expert in the subject matter” and “dumbfuck advice based on profound ignorance which could be cured by 15 seconds on Google.”

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