# Who is the most stubbern person here????

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [July 27, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105 "2000-07-27T21:00:55Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 20\
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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 9:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/1 "2000-07-27T21:00:55Z")

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If it’s you, prove it.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [July 27, 2000, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/2 "2000-07-27T21:16:26Z")

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Check the Straight Doper’s Survivor thread for a good example. Talk about refusing to let a thread die!

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**Author:** ![Hamadryad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6de8d8/32.png) [@Hamadryad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hamadryad)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/3 "2000-07-28T01:46:02Z")

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Take me out of the running. If it was me, I would have resisted posting to this thread.

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**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/4 "2000-07-28T01:52:29Z")

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Do you have \* any \* idea how quickly this will devolve into “I am”, “no, I am”, “no I am” \* ad infinitum? \*

But FTR: Me, definately me 😃

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**Author:** ![London\_Calling](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/49beb7/32.png) [@London\_Calling](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/London_Calling)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/5 "2000-07-28T02:46:22Z")

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No it won’t.

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**Author:** ![Mr.Cynical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ee59a6/32.png) [@Mr.Cynical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Cynical)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/6 "2000-07-28T03:43:07Z")

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Yes it will!

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**Author:** ![Byzantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/dfb087/32.png) [@Byzantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Byzantine)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/7 "2000-07-28T03:49:10Z")

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stubbern?

Stubborn.

But I guess that just makes me bitchy, not stubborn! 😉

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**Author:** ![Myrr21](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Myrr21](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Myrr21)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/8 "2000-07-28T03:55:42Z")

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- \*\* YES…  
IT…  
WILLL…

* * *

I win 😃

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**Author:** ![Mauve\_Dog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ad7895/32.png) [@Mauve\_Dog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mauve_Dog)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/9 "2000-07-28T04:56:47Z")

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I am. Go ahead. Try to change my mind about something.

Well?

See? Can’t do it. I’m just too stubborn.

So there.

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**Author:** ![DRY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a87d85/32.png) [@DRY](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DRY)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/10 "2000-07-28T05:43:53Z")

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…the last person to post to this thread.

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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/11 "2000-07-28T06:10:11Z")

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You got it DRY.  
And that person is ME.  
So, people give it up…

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**Author:** ![Bear\_Nenno](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bear_nenno/32/3358_2.png) [@Bear\_Nenno](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bear_Nenno)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 6:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/12 "2000-07-28T06:31:27Z")

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::ahem::

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**Author:** ![Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a88e57/32.png) [@Trout\_Mask\_Replica](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trout_Mask_Replica)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/13 "2000-07-28T13:18:22Z")

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> [@](#):
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> \*Originally posted by Anniz \*  
> \*\*So, people give it up… \*\*

No way! 🙂

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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 1:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/14 "2000-07-28T13:31:51Z")

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Are you sure Trout Mask replica???  
Because I can live here infront of the computer.  
Day after day.

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**Author:** ![Sealemon88](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c68b51/32.png) [@Sealemon88](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sealemon88)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/15 "2000-07-28T15:08:46Z")

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So?

I can SO out stubborn you.

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**Author:** ![casdave](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@casdave](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/casdave)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/16 "2000-07-28T15:14:14Z")

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A stubborn poster is one who refuses to change when things are pointed out, often - like ultra bad spelling and punctuation, maybe even terrible layout and lack of capitalisation.Throw in no paragraph breaks too.

Nobody like that here is there?

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**Author:** ![Moe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moe/32/2972_2.png) [@Moe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moe)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/17 "2000-07-28T15:17:31Z")

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i’M NOT STUBBORN AT ALL.

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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/18 "2000-07-28T15:20:20Z")

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Good for you Moe.

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**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/19 "2000-07-28T15:22:00Z")

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How are you going to distinguish between “Stubborn” and “Stupid”?  
(Runs)

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**Author:** ![Anniz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/cc9497/32.png) [@Anniz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anniz)\
**Post date:** [July 28, 2000, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/who-is-the-most-stubbern-person-here/27105/20 "2000-07-28T15:25:07Z")

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Stubborn doesn’t always mean stupid,  
does it??  
Sometimes it’s good to be stubborn to reach your goals in life, right?

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