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Why do ppl never admit to being wrong in arguments on here

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Blockomaniac:
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in all my years on the blf, ive noticed that arguments can drone on and on w/o a foreseeable end. this is due to new data/facts being found, more ppl joining in on the argument and adding stuff, sometimes both sides firmly believe they are right, etc. but one important reason i think is that party A and party B never stop going at it, because ppl dont like to admit they were wrong, especially after an argument has gone on for ages. thus, they keep arguing. obv this is probably a matter of having too much pride to admit when ur wrong, but maybe not the only reason? after spending a decent amount of time on blf a new idea has hit me:
what if a major reason people don't admit to being wrong in an argument on blf is because ppl tend to get super aggressive? like a ton of the arguments and disagreements ive seen ppl make are legit arguments with some unneeded insults tossed in imo. no one wants to back down from something that feels like a personal attack, so they keep arguing, maybe even throw some insults in themselves, to try and beat their "opponent"

Ive gathered these two recent example's with brickuchu's permission:

--- Quote from: Brikichu on September 11, 2018, 04:59:59 PM ---I didn't miss anything, you have no loving point because we keep getting these dramas because THE PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY ISN'T FIXED and it NEVER WILL BE because dumb forgets like you would rather sweep the issue under the rug and complain when someone inevitably trips over the giant bump in the rug again, and again, and again. "Typical Brikichu," acting like you loving know me despite us never speaking to each other, piss off and get the forget off your high horse you absolute forget-up of a person.

--- End quote ---
I've bolded the part here that i believe goes too far. telling someone to get off a high horse is 100% okay, but the next part was just an unneeded insult

--- Quote from: Brikichu on September 11, 2018, 05:59:06 PM ---[/size]Your words are as empty as your soul.

--- End quote ---
this speaks for itself, admittedly it was in response to something equally too far, but 2 wrongs dont make a right, and someone has to take the high road or nothing will ever get better here. I didnt get permission to quote the person who posted the thing this was a response to, (because they never responded) but i guess you could just easily find it yourself anyway which isnt my fault. this is a public forum afterall :P

Admittedly, it is okay to call someone an idiot if said person is simply being foolish. it may even help them open their eyes or something; but when you're about to do this, really ask yourself if its too far or not. I know that not everyone is gonna agree on where to draw the line, which doesn't help my case. brickichu told me they firmly believed they were justified in posting that they did, thats fine. what this means is that if everyone thinks theyre justified in posting something, when people like me think its too far, then what happens? if the line isnt universal, then whats the use of this thread? frankly, it might not be of any use. I just didnt want to feel like i did nothing to help blf become a better place. even if this fails, at least i tried i guess? maybe someone will learn at least a single new thing from all this, or will choose to dial the aggressiveness/insults back a bit if im lucky.

Outland Predator:
because this is america brotheerrrrr

gr8dayseth:
i wholeheartedly agree with this. people can go too far in arguments here and i feel it's been hurting us all since forever ago. sometimes people just don't know when to draw the line or might not even care to just so they can get the chance to call their opponent an idiot in a way to attempt to get under their skin or something. if an argument gets to the point where everyone just calls each other mean names, nobody wins and it's just pointless bickering for pages that everyone else just wished would stop. i hope more people will eventually grow out of it, but tbh at this point it's probably wishful thinking

it's ok to admit ur wrong sometimes too, nobody here is perfect. at the very least, if u feel like u have run out of good arguments to make, just leave it at that instead of relying on insults to save u

Drydess:
shut it nerd

gr8dayseth:
no u

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