Freakin' buzzword abusing morons
I wish people would try using stuff they actually know and understand and that actually reflects what they think in an argument, rather than just using other people's phrases and slogans.
Example: I was discussing how I didn't like Firefox (this was ages ago, back when it was a new program and was still full of bugs and lacked a few basic things that were always covered by IE) and, lacking an argument, this moron said "Well my browsing experience is better with Firefox".
Also, when someone was trying to convince me to vote for the Green party, I was told that "Yeah, but a vote for the Green party is a step in the right direction". Sure enough, when I quizzed him on what the hell this meant he couldn't answer.
Not my own story, this 'un, but some Ecover sales rep turned up at the door of my friend's house spouting phrases like "The planet's dying" and "It's the ethical choice" without any apparent idea of the meaning of what he was saying... my mate never asked him "Why is it the ethical choice?" but it would've been amusing to see how he tried to answer
And finally, when someone was giving me a load of crap for disliking the idea of war and stuff (please don't use this topic to discuss this with me as I'm in too much of a good mood as of late to do so), he said "Well without me you'd be speaking German". I promptly responded by speaking German. The conversation ended shortly after; he couldn't retort to it.
I know a lot of people have standpoints and views that they feel very strongly about but it often feels as though they're just following a crowd with them and haven't got a clue, so they just say what someone else said and act like it's their own opinion.
Thread question: Have you ever come across people who argue like this?
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Originally Posted by Rye
) I was arguing the same point round in circles with one man who was insistent that just by him plugging in a broadband connection, had caused his line to break down, saying 'oh, it's your fault'. I felt like saying 'Well I didn't personally come round to you house to bust up your line, however much I'd like to right now. He was a bit of a jerk to be honest. Despite that I put on the notes to the engineer (whom I eventually booked out because I just got pissed off arguing) that the person had only moved in less than a month ago and really shouldn't be held responsible for anything that had happened, and the problem had raised its ugly head after the internet connection had been established.
) but she was whingeing, what if the socket actually on the BT socket was at fault? Then she would be out of pocket to the electrician who wouldn't be able to sort out the main one, which only a BT engineer can see to. We argued the same exact point endless times in ten minutes; I nearly told her to shut up and get the smurf over it!
