Do you like being right?

[kouriichi]

Nope. Im always right. And my friends give me a headache because of it.
I have never once been wrong talking to them. And every time i tell them something, they have to look it up and check it, just to say "Yeah, ok, you were right".

And then i say, "Have i ever not been?" And they say "Ahhhhh, probably, i just cant remember it.", and then i say, "One day, when the world acknowledges im always right and can never be wrong, everything will be better for everyone."

 

[Thaluikhain]

It's not about being right, it's about everyone else being less right than me.

Seriously, though, not so much. If somebody was to repeatedly say that they reckon the government should exist solely to build houses out of bread for all dark haired people to live in, there's no point trying to prove them wrong. You can point out the odd flaw with that idea and hope they'll magically wise up (and I'd feel obliged to do so), but it doesn't really work.

 

[aba1]

I only care about people comming out a little smarter than when they entered even if it mean's I am wrong on occasion. I let people have their win sometimes even when they are wrong and just stop replying. If they are so hard headed it really doesn't matter how hard I prove my point it won't change there mind there is no point in continuing. You have to know when you are wasting your time.

 

[Malty Milk Whistle]

I'm a HUGE pessimist, so no, not really.

 

[Athinira]

I do, I LOVE being right, but...
I find it more annoying when they refuse to accept the evidence given, argue the same old shit that you just countered, basically do what people on the internet do. So I have cut back on it a little.

This basically.

And to people to say they're always right: No you're not. You're just too stubborn to see it.

If you are clever enough to argue on the internet, you should also be clever enough to take the oppositions arguments into account.

By all means, if their arguments are strongly subjective (and they are trying to state them as objective) or just plain poor, then you're likely right. But no one is ever 100% right. More importantly though, you should always be ready to be convinced by the opposition. I have found myself convinced by people several times (although not as many times as i have convinced others, but I'm also fairly thorough when i argue stuff i have a lot of knowledge about and have a very analytic and non-subjective approach).

Nobody is perfect, everyone makes mistakes! )