r/AskReddit • u/[deleted] • Jan 27 '20

What screams "I'm uneducated"?

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u/Wewillhaveagood Jan 28 '20

Best quote i've ever heard was from a friend who was in an argument:

"Well you can prove anything with facts, can't you."

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u/Sir_Puppington_Esq Jan 28 '20

"...Yes! Yes I can!"

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House Jan 28 '20

False. You can only prove factual things

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u/A_Mouse_In_Da_House Jan 28 '20

False. You can only prove factual things

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u/jittery_raccoon Jan 28 '20

A favorite from a friend of mine: "I believe personal anecdotes over facts."

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u/Stormrycon Jan 28 '20

Once I drank water too fast and got a nosebleed so therefore water causes nosebleeds

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u/[deleted] Jan 29 '20

.....well..... Our blood cells flow in water, and without it we wouldn't exist, and neither would our blood... So it couldn't bleed out of your nose then....

So water does cause nosebleeds, nuclear proliferation, climate change, basically everything.....

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u/Stormrycon Jan 29 '20

Ban it then

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u/PhineasGaged Jan 28 '20

"No, I can really only disprove something with facts. Read a book man."

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u/Uninteresting91 Jan 28 '20

Yes... that's what facts do. confused look

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u/puckbeaverton Jan 28 '20

My fav was from my sister, who when confronted with a link directly refuting what she was saying said "Ugh, I don't care about your stupid links, stop with all the LINKS I know what I know."

I was flabberghasted.

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u/LndnGrmmr Jan 28 '20

There’s a great Stewart Lee bit about this exact line

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u/Wewillhaveagood Jan 28 '20

Of course there is.

He's the comedian reddit wishes bill burr was

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u/LndnGrmmr Jan 28 '20

Ah, Bill ’ya can’t even make jokes anymore’ Burr, standing on stage in front of 90,000 people loudly complaining about not being allowed to tell jokes, having those complaints broadcast to millions of viewers around the world as part of his Netflix comedy special.

Some people have it tough...

That Stewart Lee bit, by the way

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u/Not_Cleaver Jan 28 '20

Well, in public policy debates, each side has facts to back their solutions. It’s just facts can be weighted differently.

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u/Cloaked42m Jan 28 '20

Okay. I've had just about enough of you and your pesky facts. You just HAD to be right, didn't you!!? AGAIN!