Absurd debates you have had

[Steve.CyborgCoconut]

I have a buddy who loves to have randomly stupid debates. Most recent was whether or not Master Chief could take down a functioning first gen terminator. Before that, we argued about whether zombies could walk from one continent to the other through the oceans.

Obviously, they cannot. That is just stupid.

Of course they couldn't, the pressure under the ocean is about the same as carrying a hundred trucks on your shoulders. I'm pretty sure they would just fall apart.

The Zombies may fare better than you may think. The body is mostly incompressible fluid (water) and it's our lungs that suffer that deep underwater. If the zombies had empty lungs they could avoid being crushed so bad. Their bones may also get some damage but depending on the type of zombie and the extent of damage they may be ok with that.

Meanwhile! My best friend and I always debate all manner of things. The most frequent is which would win out of our two most powerful characters (for tabletop roleplaying). Be it his amazing vampire warrior with enchanted weapons up the ying yang whose regen outdoes Wolverine's. Or be it my insane powered necromancy/cold/corruption mage who is also a Lich with near indestructable armour. Anyone who thinks I would win feel free to say so.

P.S We don't use these characters at this power in game, just for hypothetical debates do we give them vast quantities of Rare Candy

 

[Shocksplicer]

I once had a lengthy debate on the correct pronunciation of the word "Scone" with a Scottish man while playing GTA IV online.

 

[Crazy_Dude]

Nothing means something because mankind gave a word to "nothing". We still debate this sometimes but we never figure it out.

 

[Verp]

There was this one chucklefuck who kept insisting that the majority of immigrants coming to Finland are non-white Muslims. Seriously, the OH NOES THE MUSLIMS ARE TAKIN' OVER THE COUNTRY panic knows no bounds -- the vast majority of immigrants are Christian people from Russia and Estonia. When I provided him with statistical data, what was his response? "Well, where I'm from they use the term 'immigrant' to only mean refugees! I'm not wrong!"

*facepalm*

 

[Rockchimp69]

Here's a recent example:

I recently had a debate with a person who is a mutual friend of one of my best friends that was about basebal (this was on Facebook FYI). He would say something and I'd take it, put it in quotes, and then stated why I thought he was wrong. So instead of it going any further he stated he was going to read my response, said I had no idea what I was talking about, said he was right without saying anything, and called me ugly.

Any funny stories about debates with others?

I had one which wasn't very absurd but it was funny and kind of like yours.
Basically a friend of mine posted a status about illegal downloading and I was saying my views about why it isn't completely unethical and this guy turns up and starts posting about 5 long comments per response from me, quoting everything I said and why he thought it was wrong.

And by the end of the conversation I managed to convince him that I was right and why he was countering my point with something un related and that we actually held the SAME views.
I then made him apologize.


Oh well it was funnier at the time..

My other one would be when me and my friend were in the sauna at the gym and these two middle aged "gym" guys joined in our conversation about science and we had a big debate about science and religion

It was unexpected but awesome.

 

[William MacKay]

whether or not the sky exists. and whether or not its blue, assuming it exists. worst part is, i lost. i said the sky exists.

 

[Cowabungaa]

Which D&D alignment is Watchmen's Ozymandias? Dude here on The Escapist tried to argue against him being Chaotic Good. Nonsense I say, he can't be anything else than Chaotic Good!

 

[MazzaTheFirst]

I had a quite lengthy discussion over who would win between 49 Dark Archons and 1 observer vs. 50 infestors for Starcraft 2. Filled with situations like is it Starcraft or Starcraft 2 sight rules for cliffs, what upgrades do they have, positioning, what are the skill levels for players and what map it would take place on.

I'd still say the infestors would win.

 

[Agarth]

Since I play Dungeons and Dragons regularly I've had several arguments in, and about, the game. For example:

Player: "I'm going to use my breath ability on him."

Me: "One, he's a max level character and your level five. Two, He has an enchanted amulet that gives him a ten percent resistance to all elements. Three, your the one who's causing the trouble, not him. And four, Shut up."

Player: "You just made that all up so you could keep everything how you want it to be!"

Me: "I made his character sheet a week ago so I could use it for this campaign. See for yourself."

Player:*examines character sheet* "You realize that this character is both overpowered, and his overpoweredness won't help us at all right?"

Me: "Suddenly the ceiling collapses right above you. You get crushed underneath the rubble. Now shut up!"

 

[Hatchet90]

A bunch of my friends had a heated debate on whether or not a Jedi could stop bullets. I say they couldn't because they're moving too fast, but they say they could because they stop fast moving lasers. Another was convincing a stubborn friend why Spiderman 3 sucked. He had little defense.

 

[Woodsey]

My friend thinks people choose to be gay.

I literally tried to explain why he was wrong in 1 sentence. Doesn't go well!

That's always hilarious and mind-numbing. All you have to do is ask "Why would anyone choose to be?" and you've answered the question.

OT: Once started fighting my friend (jokingly) when he claimed to have said a joke when I was the one who said it. It was like 2 years ago and we still sometimes argue over it - and since there was only us there, we can't have anyone prove it either way xD

 

[jakeblues1295]

Mostly the argument I have with my friends are about how to pronounce words. Like the word aunt, we argued for at least 20 min about if it was pronounced like want or (like I say it) ant. Or about if both is pronounced with an l.

 

[Watchmacallit]

"Could Juggernaut move the that one guy thats supposed to be unmovable?" The blob or whoever (Sorry I'm not real well versed on comic book characters.

ANSWER: Juggernaut and the Blob would collide and it would have the same effect as Bieber singing Death Metal, Universe would create a god to erase the event and any memory of the event and all would continue as normal.

 

[Baldry]

Well one is during a sexual scenario what do you refer the vagina as since pussy is to pornish, vagina is too scientific and **** is to harsh. I think we decided that it's best for it have nickname, personally I like "I'm gonna pound your quivering mound of love pudding"

Another debate is how if the entirety of history had dinosaurs but everything happened the same history would be much better, it just is.

 

[BGH122]

For the record, he wasn't wrong and frankly that position would be more flexible in a sexual open society where you could arrange your relationship however you wanted with no apparent pressure to conform to anything (though humans will always gravitate toward "follow what's popular... it's more secure")

Yeah that's true. It's a very shallow way to live, however; if one lives according to others' principles then one will always be a slave. To be honest, a lot of the world's problems would be solved if people would take that maxim to heart.

I understand where you were coming from and I don't disagree with it, I was just espousing your debating partner's idea that marriage is more or less pointless. If one wishes to affirm one's monogamy through some sort of officially recognised ceremony, then that is none of government's business. Where it becomes government's business is through government's (frankly illegitimate) decision to endorse a religious, monogamous lifestyle through tax breaks. Refusal of such breaks for homosexuals merely highlights the fact that special rights for marriage applies only to heterosexual married couples because special rights for marriage is actually a religious tax break and homosexual marriage isn't religious.

Personally, if I were you, I wouldn't buy into a convention that emanates from social group that's attempting to oppress you.

EDIT: Post 1234! Woot!

 

[Zeema]

You Cant Pick up chicks in a tank [me Debating]

 

[Magikarp]

My maths class once spent a whole lesson discussing whether Jaffa Cakse are cakes or biscuits, & what this would entail.

 

[Hristo Tzonkov]

A 3 hour debate with a friend's girlfriend about if being born under a Zodiacal sign actually means something.Ended up in yelling and I got a phonecall from said friend later saying that he got most of the shit in the end.Good times

I normally back down and say ok have your opinions even though I'm plenty stubborn.But I was thoroughly drunk and didn't even think about it.