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Just ask nicely. "Could you provide a source for that claim?" No one is owed a citation in casual conversation; you're not holding them to an agreed upon standa
by maxbond 3y ago
Just ask nicely. "Could you provide a source for that claim?" No one is owed a citation in casual conversation; you're not holding them to an agreed upon standard, you're asking for a favor. So it's better to be polite and not escalate from a conversation to a debate or argument.
- infecto 3y agoSorry no. If you are going to share an opinion at least share why instead of saying “multitude of reasons”. It’s like any other low effort comment that adds nothing.
- maxbond 3y agoPlease consider that your comment was also low effort, but turned the conversation in a more argumentative direction. To be frank with you, that's worse than a low effort comment that adds nothing; it detracts. It's better to downvote and/or flag such comments without responding than to respond while raising the temperature of the discussion.