Why do so many people argue so often so pointlessly?

[TheLobster]

Another hugely successful joke from me.

Consistent performance such as yours ought to be lauded.

 

[AwkwardlySet]

No one listens. They just wait for their chance to speak.

Or link their story.

 

[Djmac1031]

"An argument isn't simply contradiction."

"It can be."

The more I'm on social media the more it's become less "argument" and more "abuse."

 

[StillStunned]

Or link their story.

I disagree.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Or link their story.

Well ...

 

[SerenaSteeleMonroe]

I was punning on the phonetic similarities between "qui, moi" and "quinoa" and between "je discute" and "just disgusting".

Another hugely successful joke from me.

Well, if it helps you cope, I got it.

 

[StillStunned]

Well, if it helps you cope, I got it.

This will help me to sleep tonight. Thank you.

Well, this and a few glasses of whiskey.

 

[gunhilltrain]

The more I'm on social media the more it's become less "argument" and more "abuse."

DJ, you beat me by about ten minutes in posting this.

"No I didn't, it's more like eleven now."

Well, it was ten when I started typing.

"The moment you post it is the point, not when you started it."

Well, if you want to pick nits.

[continues for a while.]

 

[SerenaSteeleMonroe]

@StillStunned, Irish, Scotch, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Bourbon?

 

[StillStunned]

@StillStunned, Irish, Scotch, Kentucky, Tennessee, or Bourbon?

Irish. Specifically, the Connemara.

 

[Djmac1031]

Well, if you want to pick nits.

And why wouldn't I want to pick a nit? A nit is a perfectly acceptable thing to pick.

 

[big_cane_sugar]

I generously volunteer my time helping people who disagree with me be a little less wrong.

 

[StillStunned]

And why wouldn't I want to pick a nit? A nit is a perfectly acceptable thing to pick.

Nits, noses and nics, those are the things we pick.

 

[SerenaSteeleMonroe]

Irish. Specifically, the Connemara.

I'm more in favor of light-colored drinks, Vodka, Rum, Gin, and white wine, which isn't white, more yellowish.

 

[lovecraft68]

Banality and self-importance.

 

[gunhilltrain]

Lots of people betraying their age with the Python references. And the lack of anything else from then that was worth remembering.

My good Sir@StillSunned: I must respectfully disagree. Monty Python were timeless in their mastery of dry English wit.

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

Vos, tenh ikh?

 

[SerenaSteeleMonroe]

Vos, tenh ikh?

First French, now whatever that is. You're showing off.

 

[SimonDoom]

The more I'm on social media the more it's become less "argument" and more "abuse."

You've come to the right place for that!

 

[theWollstonecraftWoman]

First French, now whatever that is. You're showing off.

It's Yiddish. Not showing off, if I said, "What, me argue?" in a few more languages, that'd be me showing off.

 

[WittyUserName]

On and on, day after day, thread upon thread, back and forth, ying and yang with no possibility of either side convincing the other?


How does the same chicken keep crossing the road so many times during rush hour without getting run over?

Is this your first day on the internet?

But in all seriousness, I agree. It's annoying and ridiculous.

 

[HordHolm]

To be serious again, sorry, but I simply won't engage with some folk. I'm sure there are some people who won't engage with me. It's probably best all round, and I can't advocate strongly enough for just walking away rather than rising to stuff. I'll give everyone a second chance, but probably not a third.

 

[gunhilltrain]

People think theyre always right, and refuse to admit when theyre wrong.

Critical thinking skills are practically non existent and they find it impossible to consider there might just be another side to the argument, another viewpoint that may be just as valid or, god forbid, invalidate their argument.

No one listens. They just wait for their chance to speak.

I gave up on debating / arguing with people online ages ago and my mental health is better for it.

You must be familiar with Bierce's The Devil's Dictionary.

CONVERSATION, n. A fair for the display of the minor mental commodities, each exhibitor being too intent upon the arrangement of his own wares to observe those of his neighbor.

 

[AwkwardMD]

To be serious again, sorry, but I simply won't engage with some folk. I'm sure there are some people who won't engage with me. It's probably best all round, and I can't advocate strongly enough for just walking away rather than rising to stuff. I'll give everyone a second chance, but probably not a third.

Have I ever introduced you to my good friend "Okay"?

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

^^ I can't see that word spelled out without hearing Eddie Murphy saying "OTay!"