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via Lifehacker:
Conversationalists Dean and Laura VanDruff post an exhaustive list of ways people can cheat in conversations, like:

OVER YOUR HEAD:
“I’d like to respond to that, but taking into account your background, education, and intelligence, I am quite sure that you would not be able to understand.”

EVEN YOU:
“My next point will be so cogent that even you will be able to understand it.”
“Even you should be able to grasp the next point.”

YOU’LL GET OVER IT:
“I used to think that way when I was your age.”
“As you mature emotionally (or mentally, or spiritually), you will grow out of your present way of thinking, and you will eventually come around to my point of view.”
“You’re new here, aren’t you?”

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