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minus-squarePixeIOrange@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up65·2 days agoSome repeat the same argument again and again in different words and get mad if getting interrupted. Its exhausting.
minus-squareDrDystopia@lemy.lollinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI met her at Joanne’s single mingle…
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 days agoThe way to defeat this is to say you think you understand, then repeat back their argument in your own words. You don’t have to agree, but people are often satisfied if they know they are at least understood.
minus-squaregmtom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThen they just say “no, what I’m saying is…” And go on to say exactly what you said but worded slightly different.
minus-squareFlyingCircus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 day agoWell, then you say “OK” and disengage. At that point it’s like dunking for apples when you don’t have any teeth.
Some repeat the same argument again and again in different words and get mad if getting interrupted. Its exhausting.
How do you know my wife?
Rhetorical question, right?
I met her at Joanne’s single mingle…
We all do?
The way to defeat this is to say you think you understand, then repeat back their argument in your own words. You don’t have to agree, but people are often satisfied if they know they are at least understood.
Then they just say “no, what I’m saying is…” And go on to say exactly what you said but worded slightly different.
Well, then you say “OK” and disengage. At that point it’s like dunking for apples when you don’t have any teeth.