Are you good in arguments?

frosty123

...or do you clam up and get tongued tied and flustered, kicking yourself you didn't think of a good response in the heat of the moment...I think I've improved with age and not let the jibes get to me giving a more measured response...and you?

howamidifferent

No

El Weirdo

howamidifferent wrote: »

No

Yes you are.

endacl

Whatever. Talk to the hand. Your face is good in arguments.

De Bhál

About 3 hours later I'm very good with some great responses. At the time, not so much.

Foweva Awone

I usually just cry, I can't help it. It's very frustrating, coz then people feel sorry for me, and I'm not upset, just MAD!!!

sbsquarepants

Yes, in fact I'm on course to win one sometime in the next year or so.

antodeco

I'm really good after them when I'm mumbling to myself of how I could've won it.

honeybear

No. My pet hate in arguments is arguing with someone who always wants the last word

selwyn froggitt

Zorya

Much better in written arguments than in verbal arguments. I have time to think. Plus I'm not great in face to face arguments as I have quite a feminine voice - do you know just how much people take a female voice less seriously in an argument? Even if your arguments are actually great. Meh. I'm coming back as a man next time.

Trump Is Right

honeybear wrote: »

No. My pet hate in arguments is arguing with someone who always wants the last word

Are you finished?

(No really, I can't tell without any fullstop on your sentence?) :pac::pac:

pleas advice

sbsquarepants wrote: »

Yes, in fact I'm on course to win one sometime in the next year or so.

same as that, it can take a while, but you just wear them down...

Tangatagamadda Chaddabinga Bonga Bungo

Foweva Awone wrote: »

I usually just cry, I can't help it. It's very frustrating, coz then people feel sorry for me, and I'm not upset, just MAD!!!

It's all about finding that sweet spot between crying and anger.

jimgoose

Your sister.

Wibbs

Pretty good yeah.

Muckka

Only when I have my fact's right, otherwise no...

Tomw86

Yes, why who told you I wasn't?

Zorya

Zorya wrote: »

Much better in written arguments than in verbal arguments. I have time to think. Plus I'm not great in face to face arguments as I have quite a feminine voice - do you know just how much people take a female voice less seriously in an argument? Even if your arguments are actually great. Meh. I'm coming back as a man next time.

Add being under 5ft and in a male dominated area to that!

I'm good enough in person but can rarely be bothered here lately. I'd often see something I know is wrong but I know that if I engage it'll turn into a tedious exchange that I lose interest in very quickly. Plus I don't have the energy for arguments or disputes, even of an amicable nature, these days, life events have me slightly withdrawn in general.

freshpopcorn

jimgoose wrote: »

Your sister.

No, your ma!

Boom_Bap

My da would batter your da.

threein99

I'm unbeaten

Capt'n Midnight

DON'T GIVE ME THAT, YOU SNOTTY-FACED HEAP OF PARROT DROPPINGS!

Hoboo

I've told you once

Dakotabigone

Hopeless, I do have a huge penis.

Arghus

As the years go on I care less and less about how I do in arguments.

1800_Ladladlad

i tend to leave things for 48 hours while throwing in a touch of silent abuse and then come back after the 48 hours and surprise attack them when I have everything i thought of in order, along with the well articulated replies I got from the thread I created on boards.

dd973

I've always envied that sort of rapid 'on tap' articulacy required to be regarded as a 'strong personality' or someone good at arguing, they must be cool as cucumbers beneath the angry surface in the way psychopaths are described. Another theory is that these people are 'lifed up' by a pair of cynical parents who have them ready for the world by school/work age.

BeerWolf

Maybe?

Yeah, pretty good. I used to play devil's advocate for a couple of years with two friends, and I can recognise BS pretty easily. Fallacies and putting words in my mouth don't really work.

Trigger Happy

I used to be deadly at debating when I was in school/uni and good at barstool arguing but am way out of practice.
Trouble is that people seem more polarized and less willing to have their mind changed.

andekwarhola

Not really, especially online. As you get older, you lose the moral conviction and tenacity required to see out arguments to their logical conclusion, which generally means one person just being able to argue and multuquote the longest and bludgeoning the other into surrender while everybody else has fled or fallen asleep.