# My most hated argument ever: **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [November 17, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166 "2004-11-17T01:08:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/3ab097/32.png) [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EvilHamsterOnCrack)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/1 "2004-11-17T01:08:45Z")
> [@](#): > > Life’s not fair, deal with it If it’s something we can’t change, fine, I can understand the argument. However if it’s someone who can change it and MAKE it fair with the push of a button, the argument makes NO sense to me. In that case, it’s not life which isn’t fair, but the person that is unfair. Just something on my mind. ---
**Author:** ![wonky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wonky/32/393_2.png) [@wonky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wonky)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/2 "2004-11-17T01:29:32Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#): > > If it’s something we can’t change, fine, I can understand the argument. However if it’s someone who can change it and MAKE it fair with the push of a button, the argument makes NO sense to me. In that case, it’s not life which isn’t fair, but the person that is unfair. Just something on my mind. First of all, your location cracked me up. That is, after it finally registered what it said. I think your comments pretty much nail, for me, why I’m an atheist. So, I agree. Though my most hated argument ever is, “Because [fill in the blank] said so.” Aiiiee! ---
**Author:** ![monica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a183cd/32.png) [@monica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monica)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/3 "2004-11-17T01:32:45Z")
Most hated arguements: “So” (said by my brother) “Why don’t you?” (also said by my little brother, most often in situations where it makes absolutely no sense whatsoever) “Because the bible says so.” ---
**Author:** ![racinchikki](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@racinchikki](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/racinchikki)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/4 "2004-11-17T01:34:43Z")
“The world is round. It is not fair, it is just damn round.” If I hear that phrase one more time I will cry. ---
**Author:** ![Odinoneeye](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/97f17d/32.png) [@Odinoneeye](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odinoneeye)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/5 "2004-11-17T01:41:56Z")
I like to fight nonsense with nonsense “LIfe’s not fair” “Yes it is” “No it isn’t” “Yes it is” etc. Not exactly clever, but fun anyway. ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/6 "2004-11-17T01:55:09Z")
> [@EvilHamsterOnCrack](#): > > If it’s something we can’t change, fine, I can understand the argument. However if it’s someone who can change it and MAKE it fair with the push of a button, the argument makes NO sense to me. In that case, it’s not life which isn’t fair, but the person that is unfair. Just something on my mind. Ah, but what if pushing the button to make it “fair” for you makes it “unfair” for someone else? Who gets to decide what’s fair? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/d26b3c/32.png) [@Mr.Blue\_Sky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Blue_Sky)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 1:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/7 "2004-11-17T01:56:56Z")
> [@Qadgop the Mercotan](#): > > Who gets to decide what’s fair? Why, Cecil, of course. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Keapon\_Laffin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e274bd/32.png) [@Keapon\_Laffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keapon_Laffin)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/8 "2004-11-17T02:01:37Z")
> [@](#): > > Life’s not fair, deal with it Unfairness is not a bad thing. I love it when things are unfair in my favor. 😃 ---
**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:** [November 17, 2004, 2:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/9 "2004-11-17T02:14:19Z")
> [@Keapon Laffin](#): > > Unfairness is not a bad thing. > I love it when things are unfair in my favor. 😃 Good point. Hell, if life were fair, I’d probably be in prison. Wait. I 've spent nearly a year in prison already, haven’t I? And that number’s only going to get larger! :eek: ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/10 "2004-11-17T02:46:41Z")
“I used to think it was a terrible thing that life was so unfair. Then I thought, ‘what if life _were_ fair, and all of the terrible things that happen to us came because we really deserved them?’ Now I take great comfort in the general unfairness and hostility of the universe.” – Marcus from _Babylon 5_ ---
**Author:** ![Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f04885/32.png) [@Ninja\_Pizza\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ninja_Pizza_Guy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 3:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/11 "2004-11-17T03:39:41Z")
Place I worked several years ago would flip from “That’s not fair” to “It’s only fair”, depending on which one would more easily allow them to screw us over. ---
**Author:** ![Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/ac8455/32.png) [@Bippy\_the\_Beardless](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bippy_the_Beardless)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/12 "2004-11-17T17:45:31Z")
Darn you **Ultrafilter** I was going to post that. Not an argument but the phrase “What goes around, comes around” allways makes me 😕 even though I understand what it is meant to mean. ---
**Author:** ![Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/5e9695/32.png) [@Licentious\_Ectomorph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Licentious_Ectomorph)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/13 "2004-11-17T18:11:29Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I think your comments pretty much nail, for me, why I’m an atheist. How can a goddess be an atheist? 😕😉 ---
**Author:** ![Tentacle\_Monster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ba9def/32.png) [@Tentacle\_Monster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tentacle_Monster)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/14 "2004-11-17T18:24:06Z")
I have a theory: Life, on average, is fair. Usually, you don’t notice or complain when life’s unfair to your advantage. ---
**Author:** ![Bruce\_Daddy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/85f322/32.png) [@Bruce\_Daddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bruce_Daddy)\ **Post date:** [November 17, 2004, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/my-most-hated-argument-ever/275166/15 "2004-11-17T18:31:41Z")
> [@Nordic](#): > > How can a goddess be an atheist? 😕😉 I don’t believe in myself, either.