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CrazyRussian
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Guys this is totally unrelated to circumcision; but surely I'm not the only one who hates it when people preface an argument with "so you're saying that" or "what you're saying is...". Usually, the person making the argument gets your words, contorts them to the highest extreme, and spits them back out at you.
Bob: "I don't think you should drink that beer, Jim"
Jim: "OK, so you're saying that if I was to drink this beer, something would happen?"
Bob: "Not necesarilly but who knows...we have to drive home, and you could get into a car accident"
Jim: "Wait, so you're saying that everyone who drinks and drives gets into an accident?"
Bob: "No, I'm just saying that it greatly increases you chances to crash"
Jim: "So you're saying that I can't handle alcohol? Or are you saying that I'm a bad driver"
Bob: "Neither, you'd just be safer off not drinking that beer. It impairs your ability to drive, even if it only causes an accident 1% of the itme"
Jim: "OK...so are you saying that if I drove 100 times drunk, I'd HAVE to crash once? I've driven drunk 400 times, and nothing's happened."
By this time the argument has become a moronic yousaid/Isaid/hesaid/shesaid shoutfest in which nothing productive can be said or done. I think that a different "technique" can be employed when arguing a point and that generally "wait, are you saying that..." should be avoided.
Sorry, had to get that off my shoulders...God I hate that damn line.
Bob: "I don't think you should drink that beer, Jim"
Jim: "OK, so you're saying that if I was to drink this beer, something would happen?"
Bob: "Not necesarilly but who knows...we have to drive home, and you could get into a car accident"
Jim: "Wait, so you're saying that everyone who drinks and drives gets into an accident?"
Bob: "No, I'm just saying that it greatly increases you chances to crash"
Jim: "So you're saying that I can't handle alcohol? Or are you saying that I'm a bad driver"
Bob: "Neither, you'd just be safer off not drinking that beer. It impairs your ability to drive, even if it only causes an accident 1% of the itme"
Jim: "OK...so are you saying that if I drove 100 times drunk, I'd HAVE to crash once? I've driven drunk 400 times, and nothing's happened."
By this time the argument has become a moronic yousaid/Isaid/hesaid/shesaid shoutfest in which nothing productive can be said or done. I think that a different "technique" can be employed when arguing a point and that generally "wait, are you saying that..." should be avoided.
Sorry, had to get that off my shoulders...God I hate that damn line.
