Absurd debates you have had

[Roofstone]

I was telling my(very religious) friend why his biological mother simply, could not, be a virgin. He was arguing it, I won the argument of course.

My prize?

The joy of explaining baby making, to a sixteen year old guy!

...That was an interesting afternoon.

I don't even...

Its criminal to have a person get to 16 and not know how that works.

As I said, it was an interesting afternoon... His parents got rather pissed at me though.

Was he home schooled? That is the only way I can think of that allowed his parents to keep it hidden that long. That is deplorable. There is censoring something, and there is hampering a person's ability to succeed later in life.

Yah, he was. Lived three houses away from me, we saw him rarely, he was pretty secluded. But he was a friendly guy, if not a bit... Boring.

 

[Scde2]

I think the first argument I had on this site was about if the Star Wars Holiday Special actually financially saved the franchise ¬¬
It...caught me off guard to say the least.

 

[Loonyyy]

I had a debate with a person on these forums about the reasons that I didn't eat meat. He said I was wrong in my reasoning and that I had made up facts and did not understand science. Funny, since I've won awards for science and am currently studying for a Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Engineering (BSc & BE).
I posted Published and reputable sources from: Government commisions, Journalists, News Stations, Scientific Studies, and basically proved everything I said.
He seemed to shut up. I was pleased.
I felt no need to be so harsh, but you don't accuse someone of stupidity and say you have proved them wrong when you forgot that to prove, you need to have PROOF.

 

[Whateveralot]

Well there was one that wasn't as absurd as it is noteworthy.

A very religious girl I got to know said "men shouldn't cry".

It ended really quickly with me saying "Jesus cried".

 

[Cheery Lunatic]

My mother and I got in a really, really heated argument over New Orleans.

She seems to think it's its own state.

When I brought up a picture of the US map, she said I used my "pictureshop" skills.

What is this I don't even

 

[Dr Jones]

When does a knife become a sword?

Many hours of discussion ensued. None of it was sensible.

Never. Swords have sharp edges on both sides. Knives do not.

At least that's how it was explained to me.

What about daggers, mate?

 

[TheColdHeart]

I once debated with a friend whether you could make a Tower of Orthanc today (in today's society etc) and live in it as a sustainable community and if you could, how it would be possible. It was quite a long debate and ended up with "Yeah it's probably not going to work out."

 

[Wintermoot]

a few of my friends once argued whether Hitler invade Paris or not.

 

[The Apothecarry]

Ever get into an argument about whether or not a lightsaber can cut through a block of adamantine?...there will be blood, let me tell you.

 

[Death_Korps_Kommissar]

a few of my friends once argued whether Hitler invade Paris or not.

well I don't think he did, the french surrendered before they got to Paris, the victory march was in Paris.
Or did they think Paris was a country?

 

[ReservoirAngel]

I remember once spending an entire day of school arguing over who was better, Moon Knight or Batman, in terms of who could most easily kill the other. My argument was simple: Moon Knight could do it easier because Batman couldn't kill him. Not cause of physical limitations, just cause of his moral code.

Whereas Moon Knight? In the first Moon Knight comic I read, he crashed a plane into a room full of people, presumably killing many of them, and carved off the faces of two separate people. Yeah... pretty badass.

I've had many arguments like this. My favourite was the 'Hellboy vs Green Arrow' debate.

 

[Wintermoot]

a few of my friends once argued whether Hitler invade Paris or not.

well I don't think he did, the french surrendered before they got to Paris, the victory march was in Paris.
Or did they think Paris was a country?

they knew Paris was the city and France the country.
PS
made a typo whether he conquered/occupied Paris.

 

[thejackyl]

Just had an argument with a customer, who was complaining that our store didn't sell Soft taco shells by themselves, and that they were forced to buy a package that had both hard and soft shells. I told them we sell Tortilla "Shells" in the bread aisle.

They proceeded to argue with me that they aren't the same thing. For about 10 minutes... Until the customer behind them, left the line and came back with a package, and told them: "Here's your taco shells, now shut the fuck up!"

Also, any time my step-dad asks me how to do something on Photoshop. It usually ends up with me saying. "Hold down this button and drag the selection." Somehow he hears that as "Select the object, than hit Ctrl-Alt-Del and shut down the computer"

I'll then drive 30 minutes to his job, ask him to show me what he did, than explain to him again, that I never told him to hit Ctrl-Alt-Del, and he'll complain that I should do it. I do it, while explaining exactly what I told him over the phone, and he'll respond "That's not how you told me to do it."

I'm surprised the man can walk and breathe, or drive a car, with the way he screws up simple instructions.

 

[JustJuust]

I had a debate with my friend. I didn't have xbox live, and often times just played the orange box. I don't play videogames much, maybe for an hour or so a day. My friend who plays call of duty for at least 5 hours a day (he has over a month played on call of duty) called me a nerd. I asked him how am I a nerd, you play way more than me. To which he replied "call of duty sold the most, it's popular, it's not nerdy" I was just so shocked by his statement, that my brain couldn't think of anything to say back...

 

[SilentCom]

OP: I don't have absurd debates. All my debates are awesome. I'm just that cool.

I really can't understand people like this, it's just a veiled way of saying "I don't give a f&&k about what happens to you or what discrimination/prejudices you face because I don't deal with them and I don't understand why people get married anyway" I can tell he's young and or single, because I've never heard anyone brush off the concept of marriage so much as to say it has no legal significance, even for people who are denied that and other kinds recognition.

I disagree. I think the point he was making, with which I agree, was that marriage is a pointless and incredibly dated institution that archaeological evidence suggests first arose with the Abrahamic religions.

I think the two of you were arguing across one another. He was arguing that marriage itself is worthless and you were arguing that legal discrimination is bad, yet neither of you were actually addressing one another's points so it wasn't really a debate of any form, just statements.

I think it's rough to say, essentially, that "well he must be a child or a virgin because all couples agree that marriage is great!". That strikes me as unfair and I disagree. None of the girls I've dated think marriage is a good idea and I definitely don't. Thankfully, English society seems to agree with me as marriage is fast going the way of the dinosaur with fewer and fewer people getting married. I predict that marriage rate is roughly proportional to religiosity, as the latter has been freefalling in the past half century and so too has marriage rate.

For the record I do agree that the law shouldn't be discriminating based upon sexuality and if there's any church that's willing to marry homosexuals then a homosexual marriage should be legally equivalent to a heterosexual marriage. What I don't agree with (and neither do my gay friends, thankfully) is the concept of legally forcing churches to marry homosexuals; telling a church that it must accept homosexuality, however strongly its beliefs are against it, is antithetical to the concept of diversity and represents a slide towards tyranny of the majority.

Again, for the record, I'm an atheist and despise religion. However, I respect the right of the religious to believe whatever insane nonsense they wish and strongly oppose any measures to restrict their liberty with regards to practising what they believe.

Having the mentality that marriage is outdated and pointless isn't a fair view, especially if it's because you're trying to emphasize religion (Abrahamic religion) as being outdated and pointless. If you really think about it, and if you don't believe in religion, then there isn't really any 'point' to existence. The concept of outdated is only the perception something has been around longer than you want and you merely want it to change. It is obviously apparent that many people still hold onto the concept of marriage, whether it is due to religion or not; therefore marriage is not 'outdated' for many.

 

[Aetera]

I once had a heated debate with my friends over whether Giles from Buffy would be a Slytherin or a Ravenclaw. Due to his Ripper side and willingness to do whatever needed to be done, no matter how much his hands got dirty, I was firmly in the Slytherin camp.

...Yeah. This lasted for a good half-hour.

This is an amazing debate, I must steal this one. For the record, I vote Ravenclaw.

Ha, then this of course led to a 2+ hour debate placing the rest of the Buffy/Angel cast in the different Harry Potter houses. Giles was the hardest to place by far. Most of the characters were Gryffindor, of course, but notably Lorne, Tara, Andrew, Jonathan, and Clem(floppy skin demon) were Hufflepuff, Willow and early-season Wesley were Ravenclaw, and Anya, Drusilla, Darla, the Mayor, Warren, and Angelus were Slytherin.

...Then THAT led to which CLASSES should be taught by which character, which led to the revelation that Drusilla teaching Divination would be the BEST CLASS EVER.

Yeah, we didn't notice the dining hall closing around us.

 

[Kenbo Slice]

My friend and I argued over who would win in a fight, Gohan or Trunks. I believe Gohan would destroy Trunks easily. My friend however...

 

[C.S.Strowbridge]

When does a knife become a sword?

Many hours of discussion ensued. None of it was sensible.

Never. Swords have sharp edges on both sides. Knives do not.

At least that's how it was explained to me.

What about daggers? And those big saracen swords that curve? There one sided (I think) but are hardly knives. Besides, if swords had to have two sharp edges, then why are some swords specifically called "double-edged"? I think this debate needs reopening...

Daggers are neither swords nor knives. They are a separate classification of weapon.

The same is true of Sabres, Katanas, Scimitars, etc., which should be referred to as backswords, not swords.

 

[darkfire613]

I had a debate with a Christian who claimed Jesus was born in 1200 BC. I had the joy of explaining what BC stood for and why that made no sense.

 

[Krion_Vark]

I had a few debates with one of my high school friends about who would win in a fight between Spiderman and Batman. It's obviously Spiderman, due to his innate abilities. (No disrespect to The Dark Knight, but that Spider Sense just gives Spidey too much of an edge.)

Hence the reason in teh comic books that he actually grew out of it and now doesn't have that ability