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There are two sayings which sum up this situation rather well. > Arguing with stupid is like wrestling with pig in mud. After some time you see that pig seems

There are two sayings which sum up this situation rather well. > Arguing with stupid is like wrestling with pig in mud. After some time you see that pig seems to like it. > Arguing with stupid is like playing chess with a pigeon. It will topple figures, shit in board and be proud of winning. The problem is when their stupidity affects your life.

cfontes 7y ago
The pig one is very nice, I like this one “Never argue with stupid people, they will drag you down to their level and then beat you with experience.” Attributed to Mark Twain
- igetspam 7y ago
  Unless you know pigs. I can assure you they don't actually like it. They prefer clean water but go with mud because it's usually available. Wrestling with them in anything makes them unhappy (they're prey animals and it's instinctual). The only way to get a pig to do something like that and MAYBE be OK with it is food. I usually fill a kiddie pool with fresh water and Cheerios, to bathe them. The trick it to bathe them faster than they can gobble the Cheerios. And today you learned something. You're welcome. Hopefully that was a good momentary distraction and you didn't have to thing about all the idiots who think covid isn't really all that bad for a couple seconds. :)
  - cfontes 7y ago
    That is cool! Thanks for the info, this is why HN is awesome. COVID topic, and all of a sudden you learn every children book is wrong!
    - yetihehe 7y ago
      Yeah, like with mice loving cheese. They will even eat cardboard and cables, but prefer grain and bread.
madaxe_again 7y ago
Also: “when you argue with an idiot, nobody can tell who is the idiot”.