Do you want to win the argument, or make a difference

So much of our current social and political discourse is based on proving the other wrong i.e. winning the argument. We don't demonstrate enough empathy to understand where the "other" is coming from and the merits of their point. A black and white world is a construct of our own imagination and our desire to imprint our views on to others. It ignores the beauty that the synthesis or fusion of diverse ideas enables.

John had made a life out of proving people wrong. He took pride in being able to argue against any position and win. He was a talk show host. One night when he was grilling a guest who was making a point around having improved gun controls in place. John, barely let she finish her sentences, was adversarial and was not listening. At the end of the segment the guest said; "John, do you want to win the argument, or make a difference".

by Yusuf Wazirzada May 7, 2019

Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People

A future Nobel-prize winning, best selling book. With over 10 authors, including Matsuda, Richard, Lucy, Seymour, Alli, and TRK, this crazy group of debators takes on the task of answering such unanswerable questions as: "Which came first, the chicken or the egg?""Why did that chicken cross the road in the first place?", and "What is the plural of butter?" This crazy group of intelligent beings go head to head in this back and forth book of debates. The debators combine fact, personal opinion, and senseless rambling to prove their cases. This book WILL be published by 2011. And it WILL become a best-seller by 2013. People will love this book, and this is a first hand-sneak preview of what the future holds. This will be talked about on Oprah. They will make a movie out of it. Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People is the product of evolution/creation debates in Lab Biology, other stupid arguments in Geometry, and exreme boredom.

Oprah Winfrey: Ok, folks, now I would like to welcome the main authors of the best-selling book Answers to Unanswerable Questions Through Countless Arguments and Stupid Statements by Stupid People: Mike, Randy, and JJ!!!

Crowd: Wooooo!!!

by TRK, Author April 25, 2008

Lewd/Argument

Lewd/Argument is a extremely swaggy legend. He is also extremely cute and extra swag.

WOW! Lewd/Argument is such a swag demon!! I wish i was like him.

by r0ut3r March 10, 2021

argument rule

after arguing you guys fuck it out

we finished arguing so we had to do the argument rule.

by lalalallalalllllalala June 10, 2023

nice argument

"nice argument. unfortunately, fill in the blank"

if you're in the middle of a disagreement online, sending a message in this format will immediately ruin the recipient's argument, and most likely their life. use only as a last resort. examples below

nice argument. unfortunately, 192.168.1.45
nice argument. unfortunately, your mother is obese
nice argument. unfortunately, I have a grenade launcher
nice argument. unfortunately, you probably eat at Burger King for lunch every day

by obscureharrypottercharacter February 25, 2023

Argument

A word fight.

My girlfriend and I had a disagreement so we got in a huge argument.

by Hypnotic Talent October 25, 2019

Waffle Argument

When a sentence is completely twisted or invented during an argument.
Essentially putting words in someone elses mouth to make them look bad or make yourself look better.

Person A: "I love pancakes!"

Person B: "So you hate waffles?!"

Person A: "No, stop using waffle arguments. That is a completely different sentence from what I said."

by Tomentos July 24, 2024