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oxide on March 9, 2017 | parent | context | favorite | on: “Alcohol and caffeine created civilization”

I think his point is the fact that /r/AskHistorians comments are usually sourced properly and are strictly moderated.

mulmen on March 9, 2017 [–]

But this one isn't so it doesn't get the benefit of the doubt based on higher quality peers.

/r/AskHistorians may be a fine place to discuss history but without sources the comments can be treated as nothing more than opinion.

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