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

Reddit argument

Two (or more) egotistical assholes battling in a Reddit thread trying to gain internet points

Just lost a Reddit argument about the Vatican flag saying it was blue and black

by ok so its eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee July 22, 2024

bitch ass argumentative nigga

A nigga that likes to argue like a female.

This bitch ass argumentative nigga always tryna argue with someone.

Once again, this bitch ass argumentative nigga is getting emotional like a female.

by anonhaterfromtheuniverse February 2, 2025

Argumentative reality

For people that live together- one who watches the news vs one who has their own thoughts and does NOT believe ANYTHING he reads or sees

we are ALL living in an argumentative reality!

by dRSOLE January 3, 2021

argument pig

Someone who wallows on the wrong side of argument like a pig would wallow in mudd

The sky is not fucia, it's blue! Quit being such an argument pig

by RunBND August 1, 2020

Make an argument out of it / Mach doch Mal ein Argument draus

German catchphrase (original: Mach doch Mal ein Argument draus) used by people who are unable to come up with practical solutions to any problem whatsoever.

Translates roughly to "make an argument out of it".

Used primarily by losers if they are literally helpless to change anything about their own condition.

Sailor man: Captain, we are heading towards an iceberg, you need to turn around, so we don't crash!

Captain: Make an argument out of it.

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Anastasia: I am leaving you for Tyrone, he's just so much better than you, he earns so much more than you, he works out regularly and let's not even get started about his performance in bed; you can't compare!

Christopher: Make an argument out of it / Mach doch Mal ein Argument draus.

Anastasia: This is why nobody likes you.

by xXx_GogetaSS4_xXx July 31, 2024