We often just stand there repeatedly gesturing for the other person to walk through the door first. This goes on for several rounds. Maybe not all chivalry is lost

I’ve been in a group argument over whether you use a comma in the second last item of a list; as in the one in paranthesis at apples, oranges(,) and pears. The fact is, I didn’t even care which was correct i thought it was the dumbest shit to argue over but it was funny

I once had to convince MULTIPLE people that they couldn’t drown their fish by using too much water. No, they weren’t worried about water treatment. They had their fish on a water paper towel for inspection and killed them.

Second isn’t my argument, but it was an amazing argument to hear at the bar. It started with a guy screaming, "Alcohol is NOT a drug. Name ONE addictive ingredient in alcohol! " Lmao

At my first real job, I used to hang my coat on one particular coat hanger because it was the only one of its color. I chose it because it was easy for me to spot my coat when the hangers were crowded.

Now, I had a coworker who… I’m not quite sure what was going on with his brain. He jumped to weird conclusions all the time and flat-out made up things that he seemed to truly believe were real.

One day he randomly started arguing with me that the coat hanger I used was green. Uh, okay? Then he claimed that I had claimed it was yellow, and that I was wrong. I never made any such claim (and if I were pressed to it, I would’ve called it chartreuse.) Yet he was insistent that we had fought about it before, for some strange reason, and went on gloating about being right. It was utterly bizarre.

I let it go. He’s the same person who decided that “magic erasers” (for cleaning surfaces) must work by having paint in them. No amount of logic about that budged his opinion, and I knew no amount of reality would budge him on the coat hanger color.

So, sure dude, you win the imaginary argument. Congrats. Would you like an imaginary cookie?

Not mine but I was in the same room (took place at college). Two brothers were taking similar classes and somehow began arguing about the physics of how a vampire would be invisible in a mirror. To the point where they were yelling at the other brother about his lack of understanding of refractive physics and geology of the minerals that were smelled to make the mirror glass. The debate was whether a vampire would be visible when viewed through soda glass versus lime glass. Eventually I had to break their debate since they were being so loud and aggressive that people thought they were gonna come to bless over it.

My friend at the time watched some documentary about chess computers (Deep Blue etc.) and was telling me about the “super advanced algorithm called Brute Force”. I told him that brute force is means trying every possible combination, is the least efficient approach, and does not generally work for chess. He was adamant it was some genius algorithm. The only time in my life I remember saying “I have a computer science degree, I know what I am talking about”.

Not weirdest but absolutely stupidest. Told my older brother I wouldn’t date anyone at my company. Personal choice. He was so drunk and weirdly interested in my dating choices that we were yelling and I just couldn’t visit his place anymore. His drinking makes him too stupid.

My sister cut a piece of paper to have a flap and seems to think it’s some kind of brain teaser and won’t stop acting like there’s some illusion happening to make the flap move and won’t give it up. She’s been doing this for a whole damn week now. It’s literally just 2 slits in the paper to make a piece of it fold away from the rest and she can’t even explain what’s special about it (because there isn’t anything special or mind blowing going on). 😬

I dated a girl with severe, unmanaged BPD… It led to a LOT of wild arguments over the weirdest things lol

I also recently got into an argument with someone over whether or not Huskies and malamutes misbehave out of spite/revenge, or a lack of mental or physical stimulation…

My mother, who has had three kids, believes that women pee out of their vaginas. She realizes that pee comes out the urethra, but insists that a woman’s urethra is inside the vagina. She was extremely condescending to me when I tried to explain that’s not how it works, so I just gave up.

DNA tests can’t prove nationality. Your DNA test can’t have proven you’re Polish. Your grandparents can, of course.

Anyway, a girl was complaining she had a bit of a tummy. I told her that’s perfectly natural and another girl told me that she has a flat stomach and that I made her feel insecure.

One coworker claimed that all seedless fruit are genetically modified. I explained that it’s just good old selective breeding. No fancy tech required, though gene editing can achieve the same result. I even pulled up the relevant Wikipedia article to back it up. His response? And I quote:

Wikipedia, it’s all lies.

That hit me like a mental blue screen of death. My brain froze for a solid few seconds before rebooting. Once I recovered, I realized I’d just witnessed what might be the dumbest argument I’ve ever heard in person.

At that point, I knew he was far beyond reason, so it was time to cut my losses. I let him keep his distorted worldview and steered the conversation toward less soul-crushing topics. It’s a coping strategy I’d learned a few years earlier: when you encounter people like that, you can either bang your head against the brick wall or simply walk around it. Once you realize it’s not a problem you can solve, it’s better to just avoid it.

Was playing a board game (I dont even remember which) and I had to give the name of a tropical place that starts with letter M that no one else would guess. I said Manila and this person I was playing with argued with me for 20 minutes (this was pre smartphone) that Manila isn’t tropical. I had to seriously find a book with a world map in it to show this person where the Philippines are located to prove that it is, indeed, tropical and honestly she was still unconvinced.

I played it off but I lost a lot of respect for my then girlfriend, who I was with, because I know she knew I was right but wouldn’t defend me because she didn’t want to take sides against her other friends. That was honestly the beginning of the end for us, that stupid fucking game night I didnt want to go to anyway lol

Dobre xD

I had argument with communists on Lemmy, my claim was that I can’t ignore the success of capitalism since I live in a country that after system change went from a total post socialist shit hole in the 90s to European power house now. He said that capitalism lives off exploitation and back then capitalists exploited poland, and now poland exploits poor third word countries.

I had someone tell me I was full of shit and a coward for suggesting a full face helmet and protective gear for downhill skating (for reference, DH skating can get you traveling at highway speeds). They were talking about if you wore a helmet, a regular park helmet would be totally fine because they’re designed for skateboarding falls.

I tried to explain that park skating and DH are two totally different things, which need different gear and skills, but they just kept doubling down on their crazy bullshit. It was either a troll or an insane person but either way, I regret wasting my time on their bullshit. Hopefully the person we were trying to help just ignored their stupid ass. I should really stop going to reddit…