Weird arguments/debates you've gotten into (1 Viewer)

[QueenB]

I had to convince people allergies (specifically food) were a real thing

So for some this might sound ridiculous but I bring it up because I had a class discussion a few semesters back where some classmates didn't believe that people had actual allergies. One of the arguments was on peanut allergies and they claimed that the rest of the world doesn't have peanut allergy problems like the US does and so they thought allergies were all psychological.
I found out later this was very very wrong and peanut allergies are the #1 worldwide but because people are more aware about it in the US there is a higher rate of diagnosis

For several reasons I thought that argument was pretty bull. 1) I have witnessed people who didn't know they were allergic to something react badly to it. 2) I know a lot of lactose intolerant people lol. 3) My mom works in the medical field and was dumbfounded people actually thought it was fake.

Another thing they brought up is that allergies could be eliminated if people were fed things they could be allergic to at a young age and develop a resistance. I feel like every lactose intolerant person I know has shown that even overtime if you expose yourself to something you are still not going to have a great reaction to it 😂. If your body doesn't agree with something you really don't want to attack your immune system with it.


Anyways what are your weird arguments?

 

[bulletproof]

I got into a lot of arguments. Some topic examples: makeup for boys, LGBTQ+ couples adopting children, medical assistance for prostitutes

 

[potato]

Another thing they brought up is that allergies could be eliminated if people were fed things they could be allergic to at a young age and develop a resistance. I feel like every lactose intolerant person I know has shown that even overtime if you expose yourself to something you are still not going to have a great reaction to it 😂. If your body doesn't agree with something you really don't want to attack your immune system with it.

This is actually true ^^ However, it is dangerous to do it without consulting a doctor and you are only told to be given very small amounts. But, it doesn't apply to all allergies of course.

I have a friend who has something where she has lots of allergies and she will get new allergies as time goes on. She's currently allergic to a lot of things, including nuts. The most recent one, I think, was apples. So she tells me quite a bit about them.

 

[QueenB]

This is actually true ^^ However, it is dangerous to do it without consulting a doctor and you are only told to be given very small amounts. But, it doesn't apply to all allergies of course.

I have a friend who has something where she has lots of allergies and she will get new allergies as time goes on. She's currently allergic to a lot of things, including nuts. The most recent one, I think, was apples. So she tells me quite a bit about them.

i've heard about people doing it before but it was for minor allergies and not severe but they were saying in general you should give a kid with severe allergies a peanut and they'd eventually get over it lol

Geez, that sucks. I've known a lot of people who have dietary restrictions from bad allergies and they have to jump throw a lot of hoops because people aren't understanding of them

 

[QueenB]

i mean they aren't wrong.

lactose intolerance is an intolerance not an allergy in the same vain so you are right, they wont have a great reaction...for a different reason though. lactose intolerant people can eat dairy without a bad reaction if they take the enzymes.. (so a lactose intolerant person will never have their body magical produce the enzyme on its own so without taking enzymes it is impossible for them to have a good reaction)

people with true dairy allergy (like allergic to whey and other parts of the dairy) thats an allergy more and a different story


their are treatments for some allergies revolving around slow exposure, so your opponents in this argument have a fair point here that i wouldn't knock...at the same time...though they have a good point they are associating it inacuralty because allergies are very much real

yeah it was a bad comparison because I know they are two different things. I was thinking more a long the lines of it's one of the reasons I don't think exposure therapy always works for people. But yes, they are different

I've heard of exposure stuff before and it has worked and non-severe cases but I don't think it'll ever work in the severe cases nor is it all that safe for parents to try doing themselves. It's one thing for doctors to do it but they've had parents trying it at home and that can be very dangerous.

Yep, like some of the stuff was fair points (like more people in the US being diagnosed) but the overall argument that people's bodies didn't turn against them it was just all in their head was weird

 

[Jimimis]

whether or not my sister's kiwi exploded

 

[blueberries]

I was caught on arguement that should Justin Bieber be allowed to drive under influence or not. This one JB fan was claiming that he should be allowed to do whatever he wanted and it was wrong for police to arrest him. It was quite hard to argue against that tbh, I mean what can you really say

In other hand it's somewhat good that kpop idols at least try to be role models. I saw too many kids on twitter getting mad at JB being arrested over DUI and not even understanding what driving under influence meant.

 

[QueenB]

I got into a lot of arguments. Some topic examples: makeup for boys, LGBTQ+ couples adopting children, medical assistance for prostitutes

Those sound questionable.....

whether or not my sister's kiwi exploded

I want to know but I also don't

 

[QueenB]

I was caught on arguement that should Justin Bieber be allowed to drive under influence or not. This one JB fan was claiming that he should be allowed to do whatever he wanted and it was wrong for police to arrest him. It was quite hard to argue against that tbh, I mean what can you really say

In other hand it's somewhat good that kpop idols at least try to be role models. I saw too many kids on twitter getting mad at JB being arrested over DUI and not even understanding what driving under influence meant.

Yikes

 

[bulletproof]

Those sound questionable.....

I want to know but I also don't

Lol yeah, I know. Actually I had 2 of them in college because I had some classes about debates

 

[Jimimis]

I want to know but I also don't

she froze a kiwi then put it back in the fridge where it went

so i threw it away and so she said i was lying and that i just stole it

 

[QueenB]

Lol yeah, I know. Actually I had 2 of them in college because I had some classes about debates

College is a toss up between intellectual discussions and stupid debates lmao

she froze a kiwi then put it back in the fridge where it went

so i threw it away and so she said i was lying and that i just stole it

oooooohhhhhh
that wasn't what I was expecting for some reason lol

 

[bulletproof]

College is a toss up between intellectual discussions and stupid debates lmao

oooooohhhhhh
that wasn't what I was expecting for some reason lol

No, the class was really about debates. We had to prepare good arguments and all and ofc we had to come with intersting topics

 

[QueenB]

No, the class was really about debates. We had to prepare good arguments and all and ofc we had to come with intersting topics

lmao that adds a whole other layer to things then

Those sound like wild debates though

 

[bulletproof]

lmao that adds a whole other layer to things then

Those sound like wild debates though

Oh yeah, we got wild a few times and our teacher had to stop us because we had even more sensitive topics

 

[yeji]

me and my brother always fight about certain things that happened
we remember things differently and start arguing about this

 

[QueenB]

me and my brother always fight about certain things that happened
we remember things differently and start arguing about this

That's my mom and I lol

 

[yeji]

That's my mom and I lol

what’s funny is that we both never stop when we argue it goes on for awhile

 

[DrowningFishy]

1. What a baby chicken is called, then it turned into a chicken, then a male chicken... ...
2.Why, while I am driving, to a drunken passenger why I cannot turn left (there was no road or drive way just fence.
3.What color any thing is. (I'm partly colorblind and I like starting fights with my roommate about colors. Usually it takes her a bit before she remembers)
4. Chemtrails and government coverups. You'd be surprised how many debates/arguments I get into other security that believe these things.
5. Why alcohol poisening is bad (to minors)

 

[JoanaIsHere]

About whether or not Canadians & Canada exist not ironically