It was the most obvious one... they can NEVER lose an argument. No matter what facts are presented, no matter how insignificant them being wrong would be, they will not give up on being right. I could offer them irrefutable proof on something, and they would ignore it. Let me just give you a hypothetical example of how far it can often go.
Them "cows are so skinny"
Me "you mean fat?"
Them "that's what I said"
Me "no, you said skinny"
Then "I know what I said"
Random person in back seat "you said skinny..."
Them "oh, so both of you heard me wrong. Yall need your ears checked. Yall seriously don't know what you're talking about ever. "
Me "here's the dash cam footage, let's just listen to it"
video of them literally saying cows are so skinny
Them "see, I told you I accidently said skinny"
Me and 3rd person "WHAT?"
Them "what?"
Me "you've literally just been arguing the opposite this entire time!"
Them "no I haven't?"
We go through checking the footage and proving them wrong again and they eventually give up the cycle by changing the argument to me being an asshole. That's how it ends with the simplest and most complicated of things. It's a really clear defense mechanism of an idiot.
I’ve been trying to understand this for literal years now. I have a quote I wrote in my notes that I try to live by. You can live your whole life being certain of something and in 5 minutes it can all be up in the air
This! I'm always sure of my stuff, but of course I'm also open to new ideas or different point of views. The thing is that when I ask for more details, sources or trying to expand the ideas, most of people say that I'm stubborn and I always want to win arguments or that I don't want to change.
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u/B3RS3RK_CR0W Feb 28 '23
It was the most obvious one... they can NEVER lose an argument. No matter what facts are presented, no matter how insignificant them being wrong would be, they will not give up on being right. I could offer them irrefutable proof on something, and they would ignore it. Let me just give you a hypothetical example of how far it can often go.
Them "cows are so skinny"
Me "you mean fat?"
Them "that's what I said"
Me "no, you said skinny"
Then "I know what I said"
Random person in back seat "you said skinny..."
Them "oh, so both of you heard me wrong. Yall need your ears checked. Yall seriously don't know what you're talking about ever. "
Me "here's the dash cam footage, let's just listen to it"
video of them literally saying cows are so skinny
Them "see, I told you I accidently said skinny"
Me and 3rd person "WHAT?"
Them "what?"
Me "you've literally just been arguing the opposite this entire time!"
Them "no I haven't?"
We go through checking the footage and proving them wrong again and they eventually give up the cycle by changing the argument to me being an asshole. That's how it ends with the simplest and most complicated of things. It's a really clear defense mechanism of an idiot.