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“I told you so” doesn’t work as people who didn’t listen in the first place aren't likely to listen when they are clearly in the wrong. Instead, they double dow
by kayodelycaon 5y ago
“I told you so” doesn’t work as people who didn’t listen in the first place aren't likely to listen when they are clearly in the wrong. Instead, they double down and will find a way to make you the person who was wrong.
- DangitBobby 5y agoI generally don't condone "I told you so"s myself. But it's very difficult to stay silent in this case when they've basically doomed the future inhabitants of this planet.
- exporectomy 5y agoYou don't get to say "I told you so" until after the doom has occurred. Otherwise it might turn out to be them having told you so.
- DangitBobby 5y agoAnd now we are back to square one: my initial comment.
- justin66 5y agoIn the decades to come, many of those in denial and angry at those who warn about the realities involved in climate change will instead angrily blame those who issued the warnings for not having been persuasive enough. There's a relevant scene in The Last King of Scotland. [0] [0] https://blog.codinghorror.com/but-you-did-not-persuade-me/ https://blog.codinghorror.com/but-you-did-not-persuade-me/