r/mildlyinfuriating • u/Elegant-Mode9005 • Aug 27 '26

Ruined by Technology Got into a dumb 10 minute argument about whether the ACL and Achilles are the same thing or not. My idiot friend forgot to crop his screenshot before sending it to me...🤦

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u/tinksalt Aug 27 '26

This is beyond mildly infuriating, but it’s also human nature. People are far more likely to double down than admit fault. It’s exhausting.

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u/shaurya_770 Aug 27 '26

Ans also kind of sad for me whenever I argue with people coz I am usually the first one to apologize and say my mistake when I realize I have made a mistake

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u/NeedsItRough Aug 27 '26

As someone who used to have a very hard time admitting fault (I'm better now) it was because whenever I did, I'd be mocked for it.

So if you (not you specifically, the royal "you", lol) are one of those people who mocks others for being wrong and admitting it, cut it out.

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u/SmallPurplePeopleEat Aug 27 '26

Like that quote often attributed to Mark Twain "It's easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled"