Phrases that prove you're the expert

[lumpher]

Have you ever noticed there are phrases people use to start their posts to prove they're the expert, and what they say is the final word? Some examples:

As has been stated previously
Like has been said
Some have correctly stated
I have read some posts that say this, but...

Any other phrases you've read where people use phrases that are supposed to prove they know, and there should be no argument?

 

[betarhoalphadelta]

"Have you ever noticed..."

 

[Fedora]

"Well, actually...."

 

[WI_Wino]

"For the simple fact"

 

[JonM]

"I don't disagree"

 

[flars]

"Plain and simple..."

 

[day_trippr]

"Only an idiot would argue..."

Cheers!

 

[JonM]

"Look ..."

 

[brrman]

Look, It's plain and simple for the simple fact that only an idiot would argue this.

 

[passedpawn]

"Clearly, ... "

That's the one that kills me. Oh, and this doozy:

"It goes without saying, ... "

 

[ChefRex]

"Only an idiot would argue..."

Cheers!

Now I would have to disagree!

 

[arturo7]

"Have you ever noticed..."

Winner

 

[joshesmusica]

Oh, and this doozy:

"It goes without saying, ... "

And then, of course, they go on with saying it. One of my favorite phrases. When somebody says something like that in a conversation, I'm usually the a-hole who jumps in, and says something along the lines of, "Well then let me just stop you right there." But then again, I don't dislike awkward silence...

 

[Bigcorona]

Does this qualify?

"As the leading expert on most everything men with larger than average penises find interesting,"

 

[jafo28]

Fyi

 

[flars]

Does this qualify?

"As the leading expert on most everything men with larger than average penises find interesting,"

Have you missed some punctuation, to make this intelligible?

I don't think it qualifies.

 

[dmtaylor]

Trust me.
I guarantee it.
Try it and see for yourself.
Absolutely.
Ignore the naysayers.
I have conducted a lot of my own experiments, and based on that...
It would be a good idea to...
The best way to...
Keep in mind...
...is a complete waste of time/money/effort.
...is worthless.
To each his own.

And the biggest one of all:

An experiment by [fill in the blank with the celebrity homebrewer of the year] determined that there's no perceptible difference between...

I'm guilty of every single one of these.

 

[Zuljin]

Pretty much anytime you see my name in a post. Yeah. That's all you need.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

as my neighbor once stated, "I've read 5 books on the subject, so I'm pretty much an expert." dead serious.

 

[Fedora]

Pretty much anytime you see my name in a post about poopwater. Yeah. That's all you need.

Troo

 

[Inkleg]

as my neighbor once stated, "I've read 5 books on the subject, so I'm pretty much an expert." dead serious.

Your neighbor is Gary_Oak! That must be awesome!

Edit: No.....wait.....didn't he read 8 books or something?

 

[Devon]

In actual fact...

 

[Pkrd]

Any half decent homebrewer knows...

 

[singybrue]

False.

 

[theDREWery]

IIRC...

(Guilty)

 

[saazall]

"I believe....."
"I don't believe....."
"If you only had......"

 

[user 163849]

According to code.......

 

[hunter_le five]

One of my coworkers likes to use this one a lot : "I've got news for you..."

At least one sentence in every conversation begins with that phrase. Sometimes multiple. It's uncanny how often she says it. As if she is imparting some sort of profound knowledge to you every time she opens her mouth. Even when making obvious nonstatements. I wonder if she thinks of it as her catchphrase, or something.

"I've got news for you, it's raining outside." No sh!t, Sherlock, I can see it out the window. Condescending asshoke.

 

[JonM]

"When I was at [pick one: Harvard, Yale, Notre Dame] ..."

 

[shelly_belly]

You know what you're problem is?