I think you take it too personally though. I can shoot down every point for why we shouldn't go to Taco Land instead of Sandwich Ville, and if you still unreasonably want to go to Taco Land I'll still be okay with and enjoy it with you. If you ask me if you're being unreasonable I'll say yes, but I'm not going to rub it in your face.
Realistically though it would go like "Want to go to subway?", "Sure."
But I've been on the receiving end of this a lot, and just gotten over that sometimes I really am just being unreasonable and still want something. The majority of the time, no matter how right I felt I was, if I had been it would have been for reasons the person disagreeing could not predict (nor I, which leads me to question the decision to begin with), as I could not present them to them clearly.
I've actually argued with my best friend, saying that I need him to punch me in the face right now (I seriously wanted to be punched in the face) and that he should believe me, and I wouldn't let it go. I went on to points like "How do you know I won't die in 5 seconds if you don't punch my face right now? You're my best friend so you should believe me." But I didn't want to admit that in having said person punch me in the face I'd have been selfishly trying to make them do something. I wanted to believe I had a good reason. I didn't though and I got over it. If I had a good reason it would have happened. But see, by breaking it down logically, instead of begrudging the person for not hitting me, I was able to let it go knowing it was the most informed choice as I had no convincing evidence that it was in their best interest. Anyway it's a lot more interesting than when a person says "just drop it."
But yeah I'd seriously and calmly argue with someone about whether or not we should go somewhere else on a logical basis (the furthest you would get is that the concept of good is subjective), it'd just be that I'd still go to subway until they convince me otherwise and they'd have to argue along the way.
I think a lot of people on Dio's feel like it's being rubbed in their face. Maybe it is, since people on Dio's are kind of caustic with each other (I am) and wind up having any ammunition available thrown at them in return.
Edited 4 time(s). Last edit at 07/04/2012 12:29PM by RobDarken.