# Conversation stoppers **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 21, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497 "2020-12-21T02:23:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/1 "2020-12-21T02:23:46Z")
Like “What if there were no hypothetical situations?” Got any more? ---
**Author:** ![glee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/b5a626/32.png) [@glee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/glee)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 10:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/2 "2020-12-21T10:46:28Z")
“I’m a Trump supporter.” 😨 (Before I get criticised, this has actually happened … and I’m in the UK.) ---
**Author:** ![Napier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce73a5/32.png) [@Napier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Napier)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/3 "2020-12-21T11:06:21Z")
“Now, don’t get all defensive…” ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/4 "2020-12-21T11:24:58Z")
Wanna hear about this dream I had last night? ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 11:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/5 "2020-12-21T11:43:05Z")
Check out this video of my [grandkid/dog/cat/crazy neighbor/TV show]! ---
**Author:** ![Spice\_Weasel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spice_weasel/32/5435_2.png) [@Spice\_Weasel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spice_Weasel)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/6 "2020-12-21T14:47:47Z")
“I’m not racist, but…” ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/7 "2020-12-21T14:57:59Z")
When will the rhetorical questions all end? ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/8 "2020-12-21T18:24:16Z")
Go away. ---
**Author:** ![solost](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/solost/32/11776_2.png) [@solost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/solost)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/9 "2020-12-21T20:57:28Z")
> [@Napier](#): > > “Now, don’t get all defensive…” Similarly, “No offense, but…” nobody has ever started out with that phrase and then proceeded to say something inoffensive. ---
**Author:** ![burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/burpo_the_wonder_mutt/32/365_2.png) [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/burpo_the_wonder_mutt)\ **Post date:** [December 21, 2020, 9:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/10 "2020-12-21T21:02:47Z")
Does this look infected to you? ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/11 "2020-12-22T03:10:35Z")
“RAPE!” Or _shotgun pump_ ---
**Author:** ![MissTake](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/misstake/32/3189_2.png) [@MissTake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MissTake)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/12 "2020-12-22T03:14:15Z")
“Be honest with me…” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/13 "2020-12-22T03:17:28Z")
“I heard this interesting thing on NPR earlier…” This phrase is the header of my Divorce Decree ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/14 "2020-12-22T03:35:26Z")
“I love being choked,” she whispered in my ear. True story. ---
**Author:** ![jtur88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e9c0ed/32.png) [@jtur88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jtur88)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/15 "2020-12-22T04:19:51Z")
“You’re Aspergers, aren’t you?” ---
**Author:** ![Gatopescado](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gatopescado/32/5711_2.png) [@Gatopescado](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gatopescado)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/16 "2020-12-22T06:31:49Z")
As bad? _“So, when are you due?”_ ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/17 "2020-12-22T14:19:48Z")
When dealing with women, I generally found/find that “Hello.” shuts them right up. Or else they started screaming. Almost nothing in the middle. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/18 "2020-12-22T14:24:28Z")
“I must be getting better. I haven’t coughed up anything for a couple of hours.” ---
**Author:** ![peedin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/peedin/32/14095_2.png) [@peedin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/peedin)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/19 "2020-12-22T17:38:28Z")
“We need to talk.” ---
**Author:** ![Gray\_Ghost](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c0e974/32.png) [@Gray\_Ghost](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gray_Ghost)\ **Post date:** [December 22, 2020, 5:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversation-stoppers/928497/20 "2020-12-22T17:41:31Z")
> [@glee](#): > > “I’m a Trump supporter.” 😨 > > (Before I get criticised, this has actually happened … and I’m in the UK.) I am so glad this was the second post in the thread. First thing that came to my mind, seeing the headline.