Imaginary arguments

[Raziaar]

So I'm sitting here thinking in my head right now one of the many imaginary arguments I've had with the many people I've had.

Sometimes if I get into an argument and I have time to sit and stew but expect a second round or I anticipate that I might be in an argument and want to be able to plan a good first word barrage and really get the element of surprise on my opponents.

The aggravating(though maybe a good thing?) problem is that I don't think a single one of these has ever come to pass. Every one that I anticipate might happen never ends up happening, and so I end up with unspent ammunition in my mind!

I've never talked to anyone or read anything about this sort of behavior... but please tell me that I am normal and that all of you do this exact same thing.

PLEASE!

:thumbs:

 

[Acepilotf14]

I tend to completely forget about arguments after I have them, as I can't really hold a grudge. So no you're one crazy cow.

 

[Raziaar]

I tend to completely forget about arguments after I have them, as I can't really hold a grudge. So no you're one crazy cow.

I'm playing out a very interesting argument in my head with you right now and you're being perforated with my deadly deadly words!

 

[Remus]

This reminds me of George from Seinfeld, spending hours thinking of the perfect comeback, only to get owned again when actually saying it.

Preparing by having imaginary arguments is pointless, people are unpredictable. If you rely too much on your imaginary argument, that person will undoubtedly have an unforeseen response and you'll just freeze, not knowing what to say. The best thing you can do is arm yourself with the facts about that specific topic.

 

[Raziaar]

This reminds me of George from Seinfeld, spending hours thinking of the perfect comeback, only to get owned again when actually saying it.

Preparing by having imaginary arguments is pointless, people are unpredictable. If you rely too much on your imaginary argument, that person will undoubtedly have an unforeseen response and you'll just freeze, not knowing what to say. The best thing you can do is arm yourself with the facts about that specific topic.

I agree with you. Honestly, I hate arguments and I try to avoid them. I'm not an argumentative person and generally try to get along with people(VEGETA YOU'RE AN EXCEPTION). I think maybe it's a way for me to try and best be prepared for if they come up, so I have a way to react to them appropriately. I'm not very good at one on one confrontation in real life, at least in regards to being able to convey what I want properly with spoken words... so in a way maybe it provides me with some starting points I could use, if they ever happened? If they had an unforeseen response it wouldn't change how I'd react in any particular way... I wouldn't stick to what I have in my mind because I don't keep anything concrete formed together... just a simulator of sorts on scenarios that could happen.

An example being... what if I told my family I was an atheist? Not that I would because I don't care if they ever know and none of the religious stuff they do really bothers me. Or what if one of them found out and decided to confront me with it? I find myself playing through possible ways to approach the situation, drawing out potential battle lines in the cerebral sand if you will.


Oh and uhh... The Jerk store called.... THEY'RE RUNNING OUT OF YOU!

 

[Acepilotf14]

I'm playing out a very interesting argument in my head with you right now and you're being perforated with my deadly deadly words!

what is this about?

p.s. your're still crazy

 

[morgs]

I always get a big argument ready for round 2, but the argument never usually goes that far.

 

[<RJMC>]

I think you are just mentally crazy

 

[Remus]

I think you are just mentally crazy

I think yo mama is crazy.

 

[Slug Advisor]

I do this all the time, but you're still crazy for it.

 

[15357]

Uh, well, I do that too, but people call it "talking to myself" for some reason.

 

[Qonfused]

I did this yesterday.

 

[Krynn72]

I do it as well, and its awesome when something you planned for does actually come up, because then you look witty when you hit them with a snappy comeback.

 

[Stigmata]

I did this every day of my life.

 

[Tollbooth Willie]

I'm taking a massive shit in your brains.

 

[YROC]

I kinda do it. I'll plan out scenarios in my head and predict how they'll turn out and stuff. Not just arguments. It can be anything. Like an interview for a job or meeting up with some friend. DLKFJLDKJF

 

[Warped]

I tell it like it is when i need to get my point across. This past friday I was told by upper management to take a later lunch because they asked me to do overtime. they also asked this other associate who just asked for more hours but refused overtime. next thing i get is him yelling at myself and another associate for constantly pushing back his lunch breaks. i said it almost like this, "well management told us that those working overtime could take a later lunch as well as those who refused overtime. its your fault if you didn't want to work later." and he got all red in the face and stormed off to lunch at almost the same time i was supposed to go. long story short his argument was invalid because he asked for more hours but didn't want the overtime. anyway come Saturday I see the angry associate with the schedule and he was planning lunches and asking when people wanted to go to lunch. we both apologized to each other and its all cool now. we never had issues before until now but I'm just glad i said it like it is because there was no other way it was going to work out in my head. also before this all blew over i told him early in the day we needed to work out lunches and he blew me over.

but yeah don't get me wrong, i constantly think in my head how its gunna play out and i want to be nice about it but when it comes out its a quick burst of anger or resiliency.

 

[Bad^Hat]

Yeah, I do this a lot. I've actually had a couple jerk store moments where I blurted out one of my awesome comebacks, too. They weren't awesome.

 

[Laivasse]

I was having an imaginary argument with my ex when I happened to read the thread title.

Also, I was confused to find myself thinking about Rod Hull & Emu earlier this evening, only for them to show up later on a TV compilation of the Best of the Late Late Show.

This is the matrix and I claim my £5.

 

[ShadowArmy]

I was came up with a humorous answer to an imaginary question people might ask me.
"How come you've never had a gf?"

"because I win too many arguments..."

 

[Stigmata]

Haha, I like that.

"How come you've never had a girlfriend?"

"Because I never call back" /sunglasses /motorcycle

 

[McGooTheWise]

I did this every day of my life.

But can't anymore, because you are typing from the beyond, like Tassadar... or... Yeah, that works.

For someone with social anxiety, like myself, this seems to be a very common thing for people to do. That way if they run into someone they're nervous about speaking to, they have something to say. Just replace every "they," "people," and "they're" with "I's," and "me's."

 

[Danimal]

I argue with myself in my head on a regular basis, usually when trying to figure out a course of action or predict a series of events; though not really imaginary arguments against other people in my head since I was perhaps 13 or 14, that seems kind of sad.