Mojo2
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Talk about wasting an hour.
I know, tell me about it!
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Talk about wasting an hour.
Talk about wasting an hour.
I know, tell me about it!
Talk about wasting an hour.
I know, tell me about it!
An hour, one of twenty-four such time increments which make up one complete rotation of the planet.
Talk about wasting an hour.
I know, tell me about it!
An hour, one of twenty-four such time increments which make up one complete rotation of the planet.
Thanks. But I meant, tell me about, "IT."
This thread
What would Liberals eat US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
bothered me. I don't mean to call out any one poster, so i won't. But in this thread (as well as another thread on the same subject from a week or so ago that I frankly didn't want to search for) there were several posters who just flat out didn't read the guidelines of the program they were griping about, and made wild accusations about the program that simply weren't true.
And what's worse, when you pointed out to them right in the guidelines where it showed they were wrong, they simply and stubbornly refused to type the words " I was wrong"
In the Army, one way to get your ass in a sling is to lie, cover up, deny, or deflect when you make a mistake. Is the civilian world that different? Or is this just an online thing?
CLEARLY there were a few posters in that thread who were wrong, and so I don't want to debate whether they were or not, and I'm not wanting this to be yet another thread about the school lunch program, I'd like to stay focused on my question.
Why don't people admit when they are wrong?
Why don't people admit when they are wrong?
We have become a terribly narcissistic society, and no group is more narcissistic than partisan ideologues.
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Opinions certainly can be wrong. If those opinions aren't founded on facts.
For example, one poster was adamant that "football players couldn't be fed 3,000 calories a day"
That is DEMONSTRABLY incorrect, and in fact the program guidelines themselves say that a school may feed a student whatever they like above and beyond the OVC guidelines, but those foods won't be eligible for reimbursement. I showed this poster EXACTLY where in the documentation where it said it, and instead of doing like you did with the WIC thing and saying "hey okay I was wrong on that one" this poster just doubled down and started calling me names for PROVING that she was wrong.
That is the sort of thing I am referring to.
It seems as though for many, the anonymity leads them to act more aggressively , which would include aggressively defending their positions no matter that they have thoroughly refuted.
I mean to me, I don't see the big deal. obviously no one could be an expert on every single subject. Mistakes happen.
Of course that leads to another thing, people on here tend to think they know it all, and if someone doesn't know something they are like "hahahahahhaha you dumb fuck you didn't know the GDP of Turkmanistan in 2008?" like a bunch of dorks, which leads people to just get even more defensive and protective of their opinions which are based on untrue facts that they refuse to let go of.
For some people....message boards are a form of competition. That, coupled with very poor social skills leads to intransigence.
I'm sure the anonymity doesn't help any either.
I find that to be odd. The anonymity leads me to be more forthcoming and makes it easier to admit a mistake. But....for some....the opposite seems true.
I mean to me, I don't see the big deal. obviously no one could be an expert on every single subject. Mistakes happen.
This thread
What would Liberals eat US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
bothered me. I don't mean to call out any one poster, so i won't. But in this thread (as well as another thread on the same subject from a week or so ago that I frankly didn't want to search for) there were several posters who just flat out didn't read the guidelines of the program they were griping about, and made wild accusations about the program that simply weren't true.
And what's worse, when you pointed out to them right in the guidelines where it showed they were wrong, they simply and stubbornly refused to type the words " I was wrong"
In the Army, one way to get your ass in a sling is to lie, cover up, deny, or deflect when you make a mistake. Is the civilian world that different? Or is this just an online thing?
CLEARLY there were a few posters in that thread who were wrong, and so I don't want to debate whether they were or not, and I'm not wanting this to be yet another thread about the school lunch program, I'd like to stay focused on my question.
Why don't people admit when they are wrong?
Admitting you are wrong is not near as internet commando like and dramatic.
It seems as though for many, the anonymity leads them to act more aggressively , which would include aggressively defending their positions no matter that they have thoroughly refuted.
I mean to me, I don't see the big deal. obviously no one could be an expert on every single subject. Mistakes happen.
Of course that leads to another thing, people on here tend to think they know it all, and if someone doesn't know something they are like "hahahahahhaha you dumb fuck you didn't know the GDP of Turkmanistan in 2008?" like a bunch of dorks, which leads people to just get even more defensive and protective of their opinions which are based on untrue facts that they refuse to let go of.
Please don't take this constructive criticism the wrong way.
If this is a new thing to you or if this phenomenon confounds you, you've got a lot to learn. I'm pretty sure that you didn't spend a whole lot of time in an environment like this before taking terminal leave and now you're getting a feel for the dynamic, so it's completely understandable.
Spend more time reading and less time posting if you really want an answer to the question you posed in the OP.
I wish it was true for the Army. Didn't they used to say "the right way, the wrong way and the Army way"? One of the most celebrated generals in Army history blamed subordinates and refused to admit that he did not adhere to the war plan when he lost his entire Army in the Philippines four months after Pearl Harbor.This thread
What would Liberals eat US Message Board - Political Discussion Forum
bothered me. I don't mean to call out any one poster, so i won't. But in this thread (as well as another thread on the same subject from a week or so ago that I frankly didn't want to search for) there were several posters who just flat out didn't read the guidelines of the program they were griping about, and made wild accusations about the program that simply weren't true.
And what's worse, when you pointed out to them right in the guidelines where it showed they were wrong, they simply and stubbornly refused to type the words " I was wrong"
In the Army, one way to get your ass in a sling is to lie, cover up, deny, or deflect when you make a mistake. Is the civilian world that different? Or is this just an online thing?
CLEARLY there were a few posters in that thread who were wrong, and so I don't want to debate whether they were or not, and I'm not wanting this to be yet another thread about the school lunch program, I'd like to stay focused on my question.
Why don't people admit when they are wrong?
Doesn't matter what anyone's politics are.
People won't admit they're wrong because of stubbornness and ego.
This is a funny thread. Ever catch a child doing something wrong and then bring it to their attention? Even caught in the act the child will deny reality. As we age, some mature and some don't, the reply then becomes a rationalization. We learn excuses. Is this that weird thing called human nature and if so why.