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What's a quote that has stuck with you for your whole life?
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this post was submitted on 12 Jul 2023
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Never argue with stupid people. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Damn... that's better that the muddy pig wrestling one and the pigeon chess one both.
Can't argue with that
What's the pigeon one
"Arguing with idiots is like playing chess with a pigeon. No matter how good you are, the bird is going to shit on the board and strut around like it won anyway." Shannon L. Alder
Copy/pasted from Goodreads, I'm not actually verifying.
Whats the muddy pig wrestling one
Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it. George Bernard Shaw
Also copy/pasted from Goodreads, so not guaranteeing the accuracy that Shaw originally said it. Also usually worded in a more fun way.
Can't quite remember but it's something like...
Am I wrong or is that George Carlin?
https://quoteinvestigator.medium.com/never-argue-with-stupid-people-316627b20567
That was a great read, thank you!
That was a great read, thank you for that!
I took a long time to warm to this one. I used to think that if I could just make the right arguments people would agree with me. Eventually, I realised that even if they're perfectly reasonable, natural language has a certain bitrate, and human memory has a certain bitrate of loss over a given timeframe. If you can't explain your idea quickly one of you will hit it.