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"Let's agree to disagree"
This solves nothing, it just equates to a polite way of saying I'm done talking to you.
What do you do if you realise you're just arguing in circles and nothing will be solved by continuing discussing that topic?
I usually ask them if they drive a volkswagen. Stops the discussion dead, lol!
I actually usually just say something like. Look we just disagree. Usually the other person just wants to keep up the disagreement conversation so I through that into a few responses as, I dunno, politeness before I just stop responding.
Mine is finding a natural pause and kindly “Ah, darn, I have a (thing to do) but it’s been lovely chatting!”
Sometimes there are other things you need to discuss, but it's time to move on from the pointless argument.
It admits that neither party is willing to change their opinion so an agreement can't be reached, let's move on.
But there are some of us who don't even care if Star Trek is better than Star Wars.
This argument dates back to the '80s, so we're talking TOS & TNG vs the original trilogy. I would argue they're not even really the same genre. Star Trek is proper scifi. Star Wars is action/adventure with scifi dressing.
I'm biased because I love Star Trek. But also I like Star Wars. It doesn't have to be either-or, especially because it's apples vs oranges.
I have umbridge with star trek as it made me think life would be better as I got older.
De-umbrage yourself - in Star Trek lore the world was a complete mess in 2025. The future Roddenberry envisioned could still happen, we just won't be alive to see it. Which I agree is a bummer! :(
yeah that was not very clear until well into deep space nine. Granted Q did talk in vague terms with picard about some stuff.
Careful now, you're on Lemmy
Farscape 4 lyfe, bro.
what is the solution? them conceding that you are correct?
Sometimes you have to back the fuck up on an unproductive argument. I don't like it either, but it's often an honorable way out for both parties.
Very close friend and neighbor was arguing with me about 01/06, an event that gave me PTSD-lite. It came to the point that we either dropped it or threw hands. Still, I refused to shake his hand on "agree to disagree".