What argument did you have recently that you know you are right?

Ugh. My house is being torn down to make room for more public beach in October. I have only one neighbor, and she’s a stubborn broad.
The day I was told by the city government they were tearing my place down I thoroughly read the California statutes on being pushed out and my rights. I made notes from those statutes. Then I was given a relocation assistance agent who gave me a list of my rights in writing. They matched the state statutes exactly, which is no surprise.

My neighbor got the same packet, which she admitted she hasn’t read. I try to explain what our rights are to her and she just tells me I’m wrong and that we are getting a ton of money for having to move and that she doesn’t even have to pack her things… That a moving company will pack her things for her.

It is so frustrating because she is going to shoot herself in the foot if she doesn’t wake up and smell the coffee, but I’m done beating my head against the wall over this. She just insists that I won’t let it go and I just want to be right, but she KNOWS real estate laws and that I’m wrong. She’s going to be out in the cold waiting on a paycheck that isn’t coming, and that frustrates me.

I just have one rule. Never argue with a crazy person.

@Adirondackwannabe Totally agree!

@JLeslie Sometimes I know I’m right but I just can’t get my point across… I’m not good at arguing.

I have long taking solace in just knowing I’m right. I give up after a couple of different attempts to explain to the other person. If they don’t get it, it’s their loss.

I lose track of which argument was when, but suffice it to say that it happens often enough that my default position is to just assume people are fucking stupid until they provide evidence to the contrary.

Stop blaming the components. The transducers DO work! You are looking for signal in the wrong region.
(It took 2 days for him to get it.)

I try to avoid arguments about specific religious beliefs. On those rare occasions when I have been drawn into such discussions, I have found that the believer will shift the argument away from the original contention. At this point I try to bow out gracefully, trying not offend. Being supportive of another’s point of view (while not endorsing it) is better than leaving them (or me) angry or frustrated.

I never give up. I’m always right.

For me it is the ones I never have knowing in advance to debate the issue with that person would be a lost cause.

We have a Air National Guard contingent here that flies the A-10. Some people in the newspapers and TV news organizations repeatedly call the A-10 by it’s nickname, “Warthog.” I keep informing them that the official name of the plane is the “Thunderbolt II.”

The moment you engage in argument, you’re both wrong.
Debate is good, considered discourse too, arguing is for the birds…mostly.

All of them.

When I know I am right and they are wrong and won’t listen to reason, I switch to playing with my food. I bat them around until I’m bored.

You get wetter running in the rain than you do walking.

@Blondesjon Actually, Mythbusters proved that you get just as wet whether walking or running. Just sayin’...

wet whether, you can’t spell proper

Mythbusters proved that it all depends on the rate the rain is falling.

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@kritiper me lyk yoo, wanna pley wiv ma toyz?

@ucme I use argument loosely. I don’t know what to call the example I gave. The other person was angry about being taxed a lot on her pay check, she doesn’t understand that what is taken out of your check means nothing regarding how much taxes you actually pay (with the exception of severly underpaying you are charged a penalty) I tried to educate her and she just wants to stay pissed off at her company. I don’t know how it is done in your country, but in America we can adjust how much money is taken from our check, she can just adjust the amount down the rest of the year if she wants to. She just likes to be think other people are stupid. Seriously. It makes her feel better about herself or something.

@JLeslie I answered the question as asked, in general terms. I agree with you in the example given in your details, it’s like talking to a brick wall sometimes.

@ucme Right. I only tried three times three different ways and then I gave up. Three huge bumps on my head. LOL.