# "I used to be indecisive, but now I'm not so sure" - other examples **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 18, 2014, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810 "2014-09-18T11:45:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Crotalus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/crotalus/32/41_2.png) [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/21 "2014-09-18T14:50:25Z")
> [@Learjeff](#): > > I’m never wrong. I thought I was once, but found out I was right all along. My father’s version of this was: I’m never wrong. I thought I was once, but I was mistaken. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/22 "2014-09-18T14:53:44Z")
I like self-deprecating humor, but I’m not very good at it. I’m, like, really articulate and stuff. ---
**Author:** ![TriPolar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tripolar/32/3008_2.png) [@TriPolar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TriPolar)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/23 "2014-09-18T14:56:40Z")
> [@Dead\_Cat](#): > > (does it have a generic name, other than simply ‘irony’? I doubt it) A lot of these things will be associated with[Steven Wright](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steven_Wright). And looking up that link I found [Paraprosdokian](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paraprosdokian). ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/24 "2014-09-18T15:25:12Z")
Of all my outstanding qualities, humility is my best. ---
**Author:** ![tim-n-va](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tim-n-va/32/3001_2.png) [@tim-n-va](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tim-n-va)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/25 "2014-09-18T15:31:39Z")
People say I’m condescending - that’s when you talk down to people. ---
**Author:** ![Kzbre5m](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f08c70/32.png) [@Kzbre5m](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kzbre5m)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/26 "2014-09-18T15:55:09Z")
“I’d kill for a Nobel Peace Prize.” (Don’t remember where I first heard it.) ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/27 "2014-09-18T15:56:43Z")
Pretentious, moi? ---
**Author:** ![iiandyiiii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iiandyiiii/32/7924_2.png) [@iiandyiiii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iiandyiiii)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/28 "2014-09-18T16:00:47Z")
No one goes there any more, it’s too crowded. ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/29 "2014-09-18T16:50:21Z")
Of course I believe that solipsism is the correct philosophy, but that’s only one man’s opinion. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/30 "2014-09-18T16:53:44Z")
I bet my wife $50 I could quit gambling. Regards, Shodan ---
**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:** [September 18, 2014, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/31 "2014-09-18T17:02:25Z")
I really don’t see the point of posting in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/32 "2014-09-18T17:13:21Z")
I constantly worry about how carefree I am. All generalities are false. Fight for peace. Don’t put up with intolerance. ---
**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:** [September 18, 2014, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/33 "2014-09-18T17:17:01Z")
Death to all extremists! ---
**Author:** ![Flywheel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Flywheel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flywheel)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/34 "2014-09-18T17:29:50Z")
From _The Simpsons_: “We started out like Romeo and Juliet, but it ended up in tragedy.” ---
**Author:** ![Barking\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ccd318/32.png) [@Barking\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Barking_Dog)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/35 "2014-09-18T17:38:26Z")
What do you get when you cross a joke with a rhetorical question? ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/36 "2014-09-18T17:56:57Z")
O God, give me patience - and be quick about it. ---
**Author:** ![snowthx](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowthx/32/10660_2.png) [@snowthx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snowthx)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/37 "2014-09-18T17:58:00Z")
I must have told you a MILLION times to stop exaggerating! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/38 "2014-09-18T18:17:06Z")
The food is terrible and the portions are too small. Some people say I can be a bit surreal, but purple upside-down frog teats. ---
**Author:** ![Randolph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Randolph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Randolph)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/39 "2014-09-18T18:24:36Z")
> [@Crotalus](#): > > My father’s version of this was: I’m never wrong. I thought I was once, but I was mistaken. I’ve always used variations on, “Last time I was wrong was three years ago, when I had thought I’d made a mistake.” ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [September 18, 2014, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810/40 "2014-09-18T18:27:49Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > The food is terrible and the portions are too small. Also, “that restaurant is always so crowded, nobody goes there anymore.” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-used-to-be-indecisive-but-now-im-not-so-sure-other-examples/698810.md?page=3)