Yeah, I often get told that I argue for argument's sake (or develop an argument from a previously low-key conversation). Well.. not often as in by lots of people. Just one person I converse with fairly often.

I'm not so sure if that's the case (unless I have the definition of "arguing for argument's sake" wrong). Basically if someone says something that either:

1) cites a fact or theory without credibility
2) talks about a flow of events or consequences with a logical flaw
3) in general just doesn't make sense or sounds wrong

-then I point it out or wonder/clarify/point it out/ask them about it.

For me, to continue the conversation in agreement as if I didn't pick that up is like continuing a lie. It's also like those social settings where you lie, falsify or just in general buffer everything you say just to keep the other person happy, keep the flow going or keep the party from falling apart. (For me, it pretty much coincides with those events where you laugh and chuckle even when you don't think something is funny - I think we all know what kind of talks we're talking about now).

But if what I was doing was "arguing for argument's sake"... well damn, but that definition I must be doing it then.

Quote Originally Posted by Buff
I have so much fun tearing people apart it's almost sadistic.
I gave that a bit of thought afterwards as to why I feel that way, and it's a combination of:

1) watching someone struggle, then
2) winning

The first of which pretty much IS sadism.

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Anyway, my bitch:

The guy who was meant to come fix my net yesterday didn't turn up. I wasted the day at home away from my headphones (some of you would know how much I love them) so I can hear the door knock. I've had a total of 3 conversations with my net provider (involving crackling phones, lame waiting music and heavy accents - repeated multiple times in each phone call), and they still couldn't find out where the tech went.

Today I called them again (instead of them calling me) to find out that he didn't turn up because it was raining. They'll reschedule a time and SMS it to me later. (and I'm bound to have to ring them back to reschedule at a time which I'm home).

So I'm without decent net again for another week and uni's kinda falling behind too thanks to it.