to foo’s food: “what evidence do you have that this soda cures cancer?”
foo’s food: “i have it on good authority from bar’s bar and grill, he says he has it on good authority, but i don’t know what, you’ll have to ask him”
to bar’s bar: “what evidence do you have that this soda cures cancer?”
bar’s bar: “i have no idea what you are talking about”
back to foo’s food: “he has no idea what you are talking about”
foo’s food: “did you ask about fizzy brand soda specifically?”
me: “no”
foo’s food: “go back and ask about fizzy brand soda”
this goes on for about a million years til you get tired of the whole thing and give up.
then there is this fun little bit:
“what evidence do you have that global warming is a hoax?”
“oh there is this study from MIT and this one from the IPCC and these ones from such and such and this bit i made up”
and then you check them and it says nothing of the sort, or specifically says that it does not say what this person is claiming it says or the study itself doesn’t seem to exist and they continue to use it and claim they already debunked your claim in an email.
then there is the ever fun moving the goal post, weasel words, redefined words (i’m looking at you NSA), and ant mills that just leave you far to exhausted to keep fighting the fight…
