Pineapple Express: Someone Is Wrong on the Internet?

[prabe]

<Insert Samuel Clemens Quote Here:>

The one I tend to reach for is "If you only ever tell the truth, you never have to remember anything." Somehow I think that's not the one you're thinking of.

 

[Scribe]

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Wow, you really learned the wrong lesson.

 

[dragoner]

Getting old is not so great.

 

[dragoner]

The one I tend to reach for is "If you only ever tell the truth, you never have to remember anything." Somehow I think that's not the one you're thinking of.

That is what I taught my kids, don't lie, it is easier.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

In happier news, Quinns Quest is back! And it's still great!

 

[Dannyalcatraz]

Getting old is not so great.

Beats the alternative.

 

[Gradine]

Beats the alternative.

Benjamin Buttoning?

 

[Ryujin]

The one I tend to reach for is "If you only ever tell the truth, you never have to remember anything." Somehow I think that's not the one you're thinking of.

“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.”​

 

[Scribe]

 

[Ruin Explorer]

When two people won't budge on their point of view, they just talk past each other.

Sometimes that's the case but often not.

About least equally often one person is attempting to make an actual argument, engaging with what the other person is saying, and so on - which is absolutely not "talking past" them, and the other person just... isn't, and is just saying whatever they feel like without actually engaging. Also, very often one point of view is informed by y'know facts, and the other one is immune to facts. In such cases, I don't think "budging" is correct. Instead the best you can do is try and find a way to wake the other person up.

Talking past each other isn't usually anything to do with people who "won't budge", really either. It's usually more about two people who are essentially talking about different things relating to the same general subjject, which don't necessarily interact.

As such I'd suggest a better model would be, I dunno, high-energy physics, where particles often whizz though seemingly solid objects without actually interacting meaningfully with them!