Composing yourself in an argument is tough. Even if you know in your mind you're right, doing your due diligence to make sure you have enough data and facts to back up your stance can be tricky. Research is necessary. Comprehension of the material is necessary. Synthesizing and combining with other positions is necessary.
Then there are these people...
Reddit user, u/OGJJ, wanted to hear about the dumbest of the dumb when they asked:
What's the dumbest thing someone has argued with you about?
Never Take Cat Matters Lightly
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At a house party couple of years ago the girlfriend of a friend argued with me that my cat was a girl, even though he'd been to the vets to get neutered so we knew he was a boy. Anyway this woman would not let it go, and after 15 minutes of arguing about it, other people joined in poking and peering at the cats arse-end.
Poor cat, probably traumatised him.
Even Knowing That, They Were Still So Wrong.
Whether potstickers were dumplings or not. And she meant as in potstickers were just dumplings and dumplings were just potstickers. I'm Chinese here so I would know that potstickers aren't the only dumplings.
She knew I was Chinese and she was all [like] "you're wrong!"
As If It's Your Fault!
Late to the game here, but my this one always makes my head spin. We were in the car with my in-laws (my husband and I) and my husband had just had LASIK. His mother proceeded to argue with him about how his eyes were not blue, they were brown. My husband's eyes are very, VERY blue, and she was looking right at him while this was going on. Who argues with someone about their own features?? She ended up insisting that his eyes must have changed color some time after leaving home.
Good. MAKE Them Apologize.
How much some car insurance was. There was an advert and it always said £39 in big green writing at the end of the advert, buy my aunts husband and most of my family argued for three whole days that it was £59.
When the advert next came on I took a picture and showed my nan, who told everyone else and she made all the adults apologize to me
Arguing Your Case From Down Under
A former friend of mine blocked me on social media for an entire week because he was extremely upset that I was not wanting to go to the midnight premiere of dark Phoenix last year. He saw the film that night anyways and loved it unconditionally even though that everyone else with a brain was able to see how stupid the movie.
When I explained to him that not only did I not want to go, but I was unable to because I was in a different country, he didn't believe me and insisted that I sent him pictures as proof, when I was vacationing in an area with barely any Wi-Fi connection.
The most ridiculous part of this interaction was the timing of it all. Dark phoenix came out in late May or early June in the United States, and I was in Australia the week that it came out. When I returned home to the United States, he was still incredibly pissed off at me all because I never sent in photos as evidence. Apparently my jet lag wasn't enough "evidence" by itself...
Not even the sh-ttiest thing this friend even did to me, but it was the first major turning point in an eventually lost friendship.
Not Always Black And White, But Sometimes It Is
A few years ago, I tried to pawn a western that had been made in the 1950s. It was in color. (I promise this is important.)
The old bat who ran the joint always paid a little more for color movies.
Anyway, she insisted that the movie had originally been filmed in black and white then colorized, so she was going to pay me less.
I am a Movie Fanatic and there is no way in hell I would ever have a colorized movie in my collection!
I told her the movie had been filmed in color, but she said color film wasn't invented until the mid 1960s!
I knew for a fact color films had been around since the late 1930s and I told her so.
Not only did she stick to her guns, but all the lackeys that worked there backed her up.
I took my movie, stomped out, and cussed a blue streak.
It Was Most Definitely Not Over State's Rights
the confederate flag.
we live in PA, he was insisting it's "cultural" and that clearly i didn't understand the origin of it and the "true meaning" of the confederacy. he blocked me on everything after nine years of friendship over a flag. we are both white but apparently only one of us cares that it's disrespectful to parade a symbol of slavery and concession around flying from the back of a truck.
You're Really Arguing Over Apples And Oranges
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Oh god, this brings back some major memories. So years ago I worked in a call center. I was working for Best Buy and had a guy call in.
His question was "hey I saw that on your website that you have the new iPhone got $165 and on Sprints website they have it for $1. Why is that?"
I explained that some companies have deals for new customers to get in and we make deals with all different companies, blah blah blah. This is where it gets f-cking unbelievable.
"But if I buy an apple from Georgia and an apple from Florida it should be the same price."
Me: "not really there's inflation in different states and you could have a Granny Smith apple instead of a reg red apple."
Him: "but if it's the same apple then it should be the same price."
Me: "no, different states sell different prices on apples and produce depending on their demographic."
Eventually we argued about different types of pies and chess pieces. It was and will forever be the weirdest argument I've ever had in my life.
People Describe Their Best Chance Encounters | George Takei’s Oh Myyy
Are chance encounters really serendipitous or is it part of some grand master plan? While we may never have an answer for why we come to meet certain people ...Why Lie About It?
When I was in boot camp my sister sent me a photo of my nephew who had just turned one at the time. All the other female recruits were gushing over him and were convinced he was my son. To the point where they didn't believe me when I said "No that's my nephew"
I literally had to argue with other recruits that the kid was not my son.
Man stuff like this never fails the irritate me.
I was talking with some friends about how my father had passed away, and I was looking through photos on my PC of the two of us. Keep in mind that I'm adopted.
I sent a picture of us when I was about 13 or so. One of my friends said "That's not your dad." And I was like "Yeah, it is." And she kept insisting that it was not because we looked nothing alike. She said "I could see maybe an uncle. Or a cousin. But that's not your dad." Even when I reminded her I'm adopted she still kept insisting this.
What gives you the right to tell me who my dad is or is not? Man I was pissed for that entire exchange.
Just, Like, Look At A Map?
If the [Netherlands] is part of the united states.
As someone who has lived here since I was born. I really don't think so.
That's A Line In The Sand To Draw
A guy I knew hates people that take drugs and was saying how we are all wasters and low lifes, so I said "yea but you drink man" (we were in the pub and the guy was a bloody raging alcoholic)
I continued "Drink is a drug like."
He turned to me and said "No it's not you clown, it's a liquid."
Luckily other people heard and I just looked around and walked away.
So It's Your Preferences Against Their Hunch? That's...
my friend told me i liked pasta salad (really gross, i hate it). i told him i have never enjoyed it in my life. we argued for about 15 minutes on whether i liked it or not. with me very specifically repeating that i, in fact, hate it.
My sister, who will NEVER, EVER, EVER, admit to being wrong argues with me all the time about whether or not I like chicken. I have always hated chicken but according to her, I've always loved it.
Arguing With A Primary Source
Not me, but there was the guy on Twitter that was arguing about how periods work...with a woman.
[Well] if he didn't explain it to her how else was she supposed to know how it worked?
At Least You Owned Up To It
I'm the idiot in this one.
I don't remember what started it, but at some point my wife's birthday came up.
"Yeah, it's the <our anniversary date> right?"
"No, my birthday is <her birthday>."
"Are you sure?"
Went back and forth a couple times with me insisting our anniversary was her birthday and her birthday was our anniversary before I realized, wait a minute, I'm an idiot.
Seriously. Never Take Cat Matters Lightly.
Whether or not a cat in a photo looked exactly like my cat. It turned into an aggressive shouting match that led to a breakup.
That's...Not How Science Works At All.
I once had a person tell me that the reason there are holes in the ozone layer was because we keep sending ships up into space and poking holes in it.
That was a fun half hour...
Does this person thinks the OZONE LAYER is a literal dome around the world, and not a layer of a gas?
...Egg. EGG.
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The pronunciation of "egg".
It is still an ongoing argument between my brothers and myself.
The argument is whether the E is pronounced as a hard A or as a soft E
You just made so many people on Reddit question how they say egg and try it with the different pronunciations
The old wives' tales.
They are the stories of legend.
I think we all need a big DEEP Google dive though.
Where did they originate?
WHO ARE THE OLD WIVES!
You don't hear about them as much anymore.
It's like science and logic are suddenly a thing.
But they sure are a good way to keep your kids and their behavior in line.
Redditor the_spring_goddess wanted to discuss the tall tales we've all been fed through life, so they asked:
"What is an old wives tale that people still believe?"
"Wait an hour to swim after eating."
What a crock!
So many summer hours wasted.
I want revenge for that one.
Say Nothing
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"An undercover cop has to tell you he's a cop if you ask him."
LonelyMail5115
"Pretty much most advice when it comes to cops are old wives tales. I’m not even a cop but most of the advice you hear is pretty off."
I_AM_AN_A**HOLE_AMA
Say Something
"That you have to wait 24 hours to report someone missing."
Severe_Airport1426
"I really think this one is important and should be the top regardless. As it’s a piece of advice that needs to be relearned and the only way to do that is through awareness."
crappycurtains
"This used to be true. I think they changed it after some guy named Brandon went missing back in the '80s or '70s. You used to have to wait 24 hours if the missing person was an adult because they had 'a right to be missing' and then everyone realized that was stupid and stopped doing it."
AlbinoShavedGorilla
Body Temps
"That drinking ice cold water after eating oily foods will solidify the oil and permanently remain in your body. I informed my coworker that if your body temperature ever reached that point, you’d have bigger problems than weight gain."
chriseo22
"Oh, I have a cousin who 100% believed this. One of those guys who believed every early 2000s internet rumor and old wives tale. One night I chugged a big glass of ice water after dinner and he started freaking out and saying my guts were gonna harden."
"I sarcastically told him to drive me to the hospital if that happened. Obviously, nothing happened and the next morning I said something like 'Thanks for being on standby in case my guts filled with hardened oil.' He just walked off muttering under his breath."
apocalypticradish
Arms Down
"When I was pregnant, I was told by young and old alike that I should NOT raise my arms above my head or exert myself in such a manner because it could cause cord strangulation to my unborn sons and daughters."
Fatmouse84
10 Years Actually
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"Chewing gum stays in your stomach for 7 years."
"I remember accidentally swallowing a piece of gum when I was a kid in like 1995 and just accepting my fate like welp, gonna have this in my stomach til high school I guess."
Gecko-911
I was so afraid to sallow my gum when I was young.
This tale is haunting.
High/Low
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"You can tell the sex of the baby by how you carry."
LeastFormal9366
"Pregnancy certainly wins awards for the most old wives tales. So much absolute BS was repeated to us by everyone we talked to."
IllIIIlIllIlIIlIllI
The Cursed
"If you’re a woman and you wear opal jewelry but opal is not your birthstone (October), you’ll never be able to have children, or will be widowed, or just generally have bad luck or something. You can counteract this by having a diamond in the same piece of jewelry as the opal, though."
"I have a nice opal ring that my parents gave me years ago, and I’ve had other women give me this 'advice' unprompted more than once when I’ve worn it. I have absolutely no idea where it started, but I’m pretty sure this little chunk of silicate rock has no concept of what month I was born in, let alone of how my reproductive organs work."
SmoreOfBabylon
Stay In
"Going outside with wet hair will make you get pneumonia. Or an earache. Or maybe arthritis. Depends on which old wife you listen to."
"Jokes on them - I haven't blow-dried my hair in decades and usually leave the house with wet hair in the morning. On winter mornings, the tips of my hair get frozen. No ear infections or pneumonia or arthritis yet."
worldbound0514
Dreams and Facts
"You never make anyone up in your dreams you've seen everyone in your dreams somewhere else before and never make anyone up entirely."
"How would you possibly prove that to be true? My partner adamantly believes this and tells me this 'fact' whenever I have a dream about someone I've never met before."
mattshonestreddit
"My late wife used to tell me that before she met me she would have dreams of standing at an alter on her wedding day but could never see the guy's face, no matter how hard she tried. After meeting me the face was filled in with mine. Don't know if it's true but one of those things I like thinking of every now and then when I miss her."
Darthdemented
Cracked
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"Some people still believe cracking knuckles causes arthritis."
Choice-Grapefruit-44
"There's a doctor (Donald Unger) that cracked his knuckles a couple of times a day for 60 years, but only on one hand, just to prove it. Both hands remained exactly the same."
MacyTmcterry
I love my knuckles.
Do you have any tall tales to add to the list? Let us know in the comments below.
