Anonymous wrote:Everybody is a know it all these days. It's so much worse than when I was younger. There's never any discussion, just pronouncements.

I agree with this. I think it's the internet. People have a lot of very shallow knowledge, plus the attention economy puts a premium on people posing as "experts."

It's a big part of why I quit most social media -- I just got so tired of how condescending and authoritative people sound, even when just asserting a subjective opinion or (worse) acting like they are spouting facts while being factually inaccurate. It got worse after the 2016 election, I am not entirely sure why, and eventually I just had to log off.

DCUM also has this issue but it's not quite as bad as what I have seen places like Twitter, Facebook, YouTube or TikTok. Or maybe I just find it easier to skip over the know it alls on DCUM because it's a message board and it's not videos and it's less interactive in general. For whatever reason, it feels more open-minded and more like a real conversation than those other platforms which tend to be people just lecturing each other.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't realize what a burden it is always being right about everything.

It is though. Its exhausting how wrong my partner is all the time fights it then looks it up sees their wrong this is taking years off my life.

NP. Is this satire?

We wish.

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Anonymous wrote:DH and my mom are like this apparently I attract narcissists because Im an empath.

Is that what this is? I have an aunt like this. I actually flip points mid discussion and she starts arguing the opposite. I have to limit conversations.

I had a friend like this. She was a lawyer. She didn't do it to everyone but always did it to me -- whatever position I took in any conversation, she'd take the opposite and argue the hell out of it. And I tried this exact tactic -- flipped my position mid-conversation to see how she responded, and she just flipped to oppose. Wild. I think she secretly hated me and I don't know why.

We are not friends anymore. She also fought dirty and would insult my intelligence, education, or integrity to score points. Just an all around deranged person.

This reminds me of when my dad was being critical of me and when I asked him if he ever did anything wrong, in all seriousness, he said no.

Read the relationships forum. 99% of it is blaming other people.

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Anonymous wrote:You don't realize what a burden it is always being right about everything.

It is though. Its exhausting how wrong my partner is all the time fights it then looks it up sees their wrong this is taking years off my life.

NP. Is this satire?

I'm rarely wrong... almost never.

How you might wonder... because if I don't know I say "I don't know", if it's an opinion it's an opinion, there is no right or wrong. When I know I answer and I'm only answering if I know so I'm right.

Anonymous wrote:This describes 99% of DCUM participants.

This describes 99% of the DMV

Anonymous wrote:DH and my mom are like this apparently I attract narcissists because Im an empath.

Is that what this is? I have an aunt like this. I actually flip points mid discussion and she starts arguing the opposite. I have to limit conversations.

Anonymous wrote:You called?

Just kidding. They’re insecure and overly embarrassed when they are wrong or make a mistake. At the extreme end you have narcissistic people whose entire sense of self is simultaneously self hating and self aggrandizing such that to be wrong is like psychological death. They can’t handle that tip of the scale.

+1

Never being able to say sorry or “oh I was mistaken” is a character red flag. Do not ignore it.

Anonymous wrote:DH and my mom are like this apparently I attract narcissists because Im an empath.

women marry person who has a personality like their mother. True of most of the people in family and friends

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Anonymous wrote:Christian Nationalists and atheists fall into this category.

As an agnostic, I am very open to being wrong. Either way.

Why are you equating Christian nationalists with atheists? Makes more sense to equate atheists and Christians (or any other religion).

But as an atheist, I disagree with your assertion. God could prove me wrong and then I’d change my mind.

As for you, agnostics neither believe nor disbelieve, so there is no way for them to be wrong.

He already has proven you wrong.

Anonymous wrote:Christian Nationalists and atheists fall into this category.

As an agnostic, I am very open to being wrong. Either way.

Totally rediculous.

Anonymous wrote:You don't realize what a burden it is always being right about everything.

It is though. Its exhausting how wrong my partner is all the time fights it then looks it up sees their wrong this is taking years off my life.

Everybody is a know it all these days. It's so much worse than when I was younger. There's never any discussion, just pronouncements.