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I've met quite a few people who enjoy arguing about something far more than discussing favorite sports teams, or comparative benefits of different restaurant ch
by xixi77 15y ago
I've met quite a few people who enjoy arguing about something far more than discussing favorite sports teams, or comparative benefits of different restaurant chains (eww!!), or the color of someone's socks (no, I'm not inventing this), or whatever their kids are doing in school. Of course you would want to stay away from idiots, but say OWS vs. libertarianism, or whether AAPL is a good investment, or pretty much anything else, is so much more fun to discuss with someone who disagrees.
Life would have been more interesting had this attitude been more common (interesting for people like us of course, for some others, probably supremely annoying).
- Aloisius 15y agoThere is a vast difference between liking to have interesting and energetic discussions or debates about something you care and/or are interested in and provoking someone for the sake of having an argument. Provoking someone for the sake of having an argument is a passive-aggressive way for insecure people to get their rocks off by either winning an argument or simply upsetting someone. It may not be hitting someone, but it is bullying. As someone who used to do it when I was much younger, it simply isn't a good trait to have.
- xixi77 15y agoargument for the sake of argument is fun. Even better if it is about something we don't care about. but yes, provoking someone who does not want to have an argument usually only leads to mutual frustration, so it is indeed a pretty stupid thing to do.