What are the dynamics of using the phrase "I will never"?

I will never give my dog canned dog food.
She now gets canned food because of a health condition. I would do anything I could to get her to eat.

I told myself a long time ago to not say never (as in the examples you gave).
There have been some times that I broke my I never will do….. ‘promises’, that is why.

It can be empowering. I always use my seatbelt because when I was 15, two brothers I knew got drunk and drove the wrong way down a divided highway, got into a front end collision and got thrown through the windshield because they weren’t wearing seat belts, and, of course, because they were drunk. Their faces were extremely cut up and messed up. When I saw them, not long after the accident, with their faces cut up, with their stitches still in, I said to myself: “Lilly, you may not be the prettiest girl in the world but your face is never going to look like that, if you can help it, make sure of that.” And I have worn my seat belt ever since.

It’s also very dramatic and it was very empowering for Scarlett O’Hara too.

I think it’s more of a ’‘upon the moment’’ impact thing, one which really stirs up the experience at hand, or the emotions felt during said experience, or whatever else that brings forth the claim to neverising.

Like when you get really fucking drunk and are lying in a pool of your own vomit, then go…I’ll never drink again…yeah right lol.

Never is a peculiar word. It hasn’t many synonyms, and the ones it has are really phrases.

Nevermind.

@Ltryptophan No, it’s true. Unless you use the word for something that’s obviously never gonna happen, such as hamburgers coming to life and eating people, the word seems to only encompass things that don’t fit its actual definition.

Reminds me of the word nothing, and how nothing can’t be what it’s defined as since by giving it a definition, it becomes something. Erm.

yah. precisely

Lets try this out. I will never ride a flying unicorn.
I’ll let you know if it happens.

I thought of a few never’s that I said—and they still stand. There are some never’s I’ve said that I had to renege on. I’ll say it’s a 50/50 probability… :D

I’ve encountered several people who regularly use the phrase “I will never” in my lifetime. To a person, each has “never” lived up to the statements. The word “never” is dramatic and extreme and typically used to incite a reaction from the person to whom it’s addressed. Rarely does anything good arise from such dramatic statements. For me, it’s a little sign that passive/agressive behavior is afoot.