Conversational Terrorism: the ways people (consciously or unconsciously) conversationally cheat

Re:Conversational Terrorism: the ways people (consciously or... by cperciva on Friday May 30, 2008 @01:09AM (#204063)

I was subjected to the variants of "YOU'LL GET OVER IT" many times when I was young -- it seems to be a favourite fallback of 30- or 40- year olds when they realize that they've been outreasoned by 10 year old.

Oddly enough, in spite of being 27 years old now, I still haven't "gotten over" the notions that a schoolroom is a perfectly good place for a reasoned debate; that English essays should be marked on the quality of the writing, not on the conclusions reached; or that constitutional protections, including due process rights, should extend to all places where government regulation is enforced.

Maybe I'm just not old enough yet.

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Re:Conversational Terrorism: the ways people (consciously or... by stcredzero on Friday May 30, 2008 @10:11AM (#204346)

This is indistinguishable from the 10 year old just not getting it (because they don't have the first-hand experience) and being so tiresome you don't want to continue.

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Re:Conversational Terrorism: the ways people (consciously or... by xlnt on Friday May 30, 2008 @02:32AM (#204105)

There is a phenomenon where one forgets these things the moment he has kids (or becomes a teacher, maybe); the adults who were unreasonable to you may have been more reasonable when they were younger. Just a friendly warning. Better take significant precautions not to suffer the same fate (they, like most young people, probably thought they wouldn't suffer it).

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