Do you grin while debating people?

[GPDP]

I've noticed some people tend to throw on a sort of passive-aggressive shit-eating grin while in the middle of a heated discussion, usually involving politics.

To be honest, it sort of bugs me. It's like they're saying "I'm gonna pretend to acknowledge your points but I think you're dumb :)."

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

I fucking hate people that do that, its full on pretentiousness.

[ed miliband]

I can't help it sometimes. I also tend to grin (or even laugh) when I receive bad news.

[Martin Blank]

I'll grin during a heated debate, but it's usually because the person I'm debating just made a mistake and I'm thinking about how they're going to get demolished.

[Kuppo Shakur]

I usually just grin instead of debating with people. Actually it's more like maniacal laughter with exaggerated exhalation after neglecting to brush my teeth. So they're like, "Blah blah hard earned profit blah blah." And then I cut in with :lol:XAXAXAXAXAXAXAXA:lol: It's usually very effective.

[Invincible Summer]

Sometimes I grin but it's because I thin the debate is getting really heated over something that is essentially trivial, or I think the debate is going nowhere and we're just grinding ourselves into dust, or I'm genuinely amused at how the debate is going.

I would rather have a friendly approach to a debate than seem stern and like I'm actually trying to prove the other person wrong.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I would rather have a friendly approach to a debate than seem stern and like I'm actually trying to prove the other person wrong.

Same here. Not only do I grin, but I also laugh and chortle during debates.

[Lyev]

Bloody hell, I can't grin in debates. Debating with my friends is fucking hopeless. Today was a tirade of "cuts are necessary", "communism never worked" blah blah blah. I couldn't get a sensible word in edge-ways. Oh and also, something like

Her: didn't the communists torture loads of people?
Me: err what exactly do you mean?
Her: oh wait, but is Russia still communist?
Me: no.... anyway, the US and CIA are notorious for torturing thousands upon thousands of innocent people
Her: yeah but they only do it to the bad guys

And also taking the piss out of my political activism because, firstly, they seem to think everyone in the party is my age and below (i.e. being a Marxist means your views are idealistic or immature) and secondly that because the party membership is ~2000 we are insignificant and a failure.

:crying:

[Wanted Man]

All my discussions look like this:

http://logicien.fr/media/k2/items/cache/c82cc4e14a1d2c8c8ffff9840d24b558_L.jpg

It's only partially related to this thread, but I wanted to take the opportunity to show people this great site: http://logicien.fr/rhetorique.html :lol:

[Widerstand]

Bloody hell, I can't grin in debates. Debating with my friends is fucking hopeless. Today was a tirade of "cuts are necessary", "communism never worked" blah blah blah. I couldn't get a sensible word in edge-ways. Oh and also, something like

Her: didn't the communists torture loads of people?
Me: err what exactly do you mean?
Her: oh wait, but is Russia still communist?
Me: no.... anyway, the US and CIA are notorious for torturing thousands upon thousands of innocent people
Her: yeah but they only do it to the bad guys

And also taking the piss out of my political activism because, firstly, they seem to think everyone in the party is my age and below (i.e. being a Marxist means your views are idealistic or immature) and secondly that because the party membership is ~2000 we are insignificant and a failure.

:crying:

Deal with it trot.

[GPDP]

Same here. Not only do I grin, but I also laugh and chortle during debates.

Thing is, there's a difference between a friendly "this debate is all in good fun" grin and a passive-aggressive "I'm obviously superior to you and your persistence irritates me" grin. I don't exactly know how, but I can usually tell which one is being used. Maybe it's the show of teeth...

[Quail]

I also tend to grin (or even laugh) when I receive bad news.
Yeah, me too. It's like I don't know how to react so I just grin or laugh, even though it's inappropriate.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Thing is, there's a difference between a friendly "this debate is all in good fun" grin and a passive-aggressive "I'm obviously superior to you and your persistence irritates me" grin. I don't exactly know how, but I can usually tell which one is being used. Maybe it's the show of teeth...

That's how monkeys show aggression. If a chimp starts grinning at you, you better gtfo.

[9]

I've noticed some people tend to throw on a sort of passive-aggressive shit-eating grin while in the middle of a heated discussion, usually involving politics.


I do this..:D


Same here. Not only do I grin, but I also laugh and chortle during debates.


but I also laugh and chortle during debates.
laugh and chortle during debates.
chortle during debates.
chortle

[Sir Comradical]

I do that a lot to people I loathe, I say "that would be a really good point, if only it made sense". Say it to the wrong person you'll get your head kicked in.

[Magón]

Her: didn't the communists torture loads of people?
Me: err what exactly do you mean?
Her: oh wait, but is Russia still communist?
Me: no.... anyway, the US and CIA are notorious for torturing thousands upon thousands of innocent people
Her: yeah but they only do it to the bad guys

I feel your pain, it happens to me and some of my friends too. Though I do laugh my ass off each time they do say things like that, but about Anarchism. Makes me burst into tears of laughter sometimes.

[black magick hustla]

if i hate the person i do grin or if someone is patronizing me

[EvilRedGuy]

I grin all the time here, funny times.

[Ele'ill]

I usually grin and say '..Well fuck you!' and then I hit them.

[Lyev]

Deal with it trot.My patience would have to be impeccable. The "debate", if you wanna call it that, was basically just 6 very immature people shouting stuff at me.