# Admit that you're wrong! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [December 12, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145 "2002-12-12T00:29:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 12:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/1 "2002-12-12T00:29:29Z")
A lot of people will take a position, and cling to it with a death grip regardless of logic. We all hate to lose face, and it is rare for a person to say “I have lost the argument. You win.” Capitalists, your arguments have defeated my [maximum wage](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=147927&pagenumber=4) idea. I was wrong. What made me realize this? My high school is having a food drive. We can either donate canned food or money. Money buys 5 pounds of food per dollar. I have 40 dollars in my wallet. I have, and probably will, contribute nothing. My Senior Class could win the battle to defeat the other classes, but not thanks to any help I provide. What do I plan on doing with this money? I’m going to spend it on my self. In fact, I will probably get an expensive $10 cigar and suck on that this weekend. 50 fucking people could have had a meal, but I decided to be a greedy asshole instead, suck smoke into my mouth and give money to an Evil Tobacco Corporation, probably exploiting the hard workers of Central America in the process. I am a hypocrite. Therefore, I humbly admit defeat. **Now it’s your turn! Who will be the next to admit their line of thinking was messed up?** ---
**Author:** ![Bricker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/977dab/32.png) [@Bricker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bricker)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/2 "2002-12-12T02:26:42Z")
1. Hypocriscy does not always equate to proof that the expressed position is wrong. If a convicted child molestor says, “Molesting children is wrong,” we cannot point out that he has molested children, and, having demonstrated his hypocriscy, conclude that molesting children is _not_ wrong. 2. Notwithstanding point 1 above, your maximum wage idea was fatally flawed. 3. Your willingness to admit error is commendable. - Rick ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/3 "2002-12-12T03:04:55Z")
The Red Hot Submission Pepper Sauce I bought was NOT a good ingredient for the stir fry I made. I apologize to the guests at my house as well as my dog who was COUGHING because the air was so…hot. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/4 "2002-12-12T03:09:01Z")
I’d also like to retract my belief, implied but not explicitly stated, that Bricker is an Evil Man who wants to destroy all our Civil Rights. Perhaps my judgement was somewhat hasty. ---
**Author:** ![Carcosa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/b3f665/32.png) [@Carcosa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Carcosa)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/5 "2002-12-12T03:10:37Z")
I’m assuming you did something to earn that forty bucks so enjoy your cigar. The money is yours to do with what you will and no other person should be able to lay claim to it. Jeeze, next thing you know you’ll be hiding under the covers at night with a flashlight reading Atlas Shrugged.🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/6 "2002-12-12T03:19:54Z")
It was wrong of me to combine the bodies of the dead with unholy technology to create a vast and unstoppable army. I see that now, and I admit it. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/7 "2002-12-12T03:20:02Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Carcosa \* > \*\*I’m assuming you did something to earn that forty bucks so enjoy your cigar. The money is yours to do with what you will and no other person should be able to lay claim to it. Well, household chores and babysitting mostly. But hey, if my father wants to pay me that its fine with me. He owns a business, so I’m sure he knows the market value of the aforementioned skills. > [@](#): > > Jeeze, next thing you know you’ll be hiding under the covers at night with a flashlight reading Atlas Shrugged.🙂 \*\* As a matter of fact, I was going to go borrow that book from the library, but lately IT’S BEEN CLOSED ALL THE TIME! ARGH! I wrote an angry letter to the editor for my school paper, that’ll show that lazy librarian not to shut the library down during the times that 99% of us are able to go there! ---
**Author:** ![Scylla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a5b964/32.png) [@Scylla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scylla)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/8 "2002-12-12T03:21:10Z")
Oh yeah, and sticking my penis into the electrical outlet was also not such a great idea. ---
**Author:** ![tiny\_ham](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a183cd/32.png) [@tiny\_ham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tiny_ham)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/9 "2002-12-12T03:32:05Z")
Especially if you’re not wearing a condom ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/10 "2002-12-12T03:44:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by jarbabyj \* > \*\*Especially if you’re not wearing a condom \*\* Yeah, good way to get a bad case of the “electric slide,” if you know what I’m talking about. ---
**Author:** ![Kyomara](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8edcca/32.png) [@Kyomara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kyomara)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/11 "2002-12-12T03:48:10Z")
Oh yeah, and sorry about slobbering all over the toilet seat, but the water was so cool…so fresh… arf. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 3:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/12 "2002-12-12T03:48:19Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*Oh yeah, and sticking my penis into the electrical outlet was also not such a great idea. \*\* But was it _wrong_? Cuz if loving that thing was wrong, maybe you don’t _want_ to be right! Right? ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/13 "2002-12-12T04:23:36Z")
When I was a little kid, I wanted to become an activist for animal suffrage. I reasoned that since they live in our country, they are entitled to full rights as citizens, including the right to vote. Thinking back, I feel that I was wrong about this. It’s just not a practical idea. ---
**Author:** ![Primaflora](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/898d66/32.png) [@Primaflora](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Primaflora)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/14 "2002-12-12T04:28:15Z")
I was wrong not to ask the receptionist precisely how long I would need to wait to see the doctor. Asking her how long and getting a vague response of it’s not too bad today was not good enough when it turned out the wait was an hour and a half. I could have gone and done something with that hour and a half. More importantly if I had gotten good info in the first place then Mr P would have left me there and gone somewhere with P the E and I could have had an hour and half by myself with my book in airconditioned comfort. ---
**Author:** ![ijustdontcare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/c57346/32.png) [@ijustdontcare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ijustdontcare)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/15 "2002-12-12T04:37:25Z")
Hmmm. I am very rarely wrong, but I’m determined to come up with something. Well, in my freshman year of high school, I thought it wasn’t a bad idea to practice playing catcher on the baseball team without wearing a face mask. I was wrong. When I was a kid, I thought Santa was real. I was wrong. When I was a kid, I thought it would be fun to stick a small screwdriver in an electrical socket. I was right. That WAS fun. But probably only because of the plastic handle between my hand and the metal. ---
**Author:** ![Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/df788c/32.png) [@Horrifying\_Howler\_Monkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horrifying_Howler_Monkey)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 4:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/16 "2002-12-12T04:45:07Z")
As a young child I had always hoped that if I could just run fast enough, and flap my arms hard enough, I could fly. I was wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Manduck](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/manduck/32/256_2.png) [@Manduck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Manduck)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/17 "2002-12-12T05:34:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Scylla \* > \*\*It was wrong of me to combine the bodies of the dead with unholy technology to create a vast and unstoppable army. > > I see that now, and I admit it. \*\* That’s okay, as long as you stop them before they … oh wait, you said they were unstoppable, didn’t you :eek: ---
**Author:** ![CrazyDiamond](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d26b3c/32.png) [@CrazyDiamond](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyDiamond)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/18 "2002-12-12T05:41:44Z")
I once thought i was wrong. Turns out i don’t think. ---
**Author:** ![Arden\_Ranger](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b487fb/32.png) [@Arden\_Ranger](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arden_Ranger)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 5:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/19 "2002-12-12T05:46:40Z")
I was wrong when I got married. Both times. ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2002, 8:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145/20 "2002-12-12T08:06:44Z")
When I was younger, I thought that masturbating a lot would make my dick grow bigger, but I’m not ready to concede that point _ju-u-u-ust_ yet… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/admit-that-youre-wrong/142145.md?page=2)