Spot on. We see this all the time on this thread/forum. Folk pretend they want a discussion when all they are really after is validation."According to psychologist, speaker and author Guy Winch, most people who consistently refuse to admit they're wrong do so because they have incredibly fragile egos. They clam up and insist they're right, demonstrating what experts term "psychological rigidity", as a defense mechanism. Their subconscious feeling is that, if they dig in their heels, they can protect themselves from the consequences that might come from their imperfection and fallibility (e.g., being seen as weak, loss or retaliation). Winch also notes that some people go to extraordinary lengths in this process, even changing facts and convincing themselves of new realities in their own minds to escape culpability."
Like the guy with the Ferrari and the private plate on the main forum?Spot on. We see this all the time on this thread/forum. Folk pretend they want a discussion when all they are really after is validation.
This thread has been a godsend for those who like to say I told you so.Spot on. We see this all the time on this thread/forum. Folk pretend they want a discussion when all they are really after is validation.
All I know, is I know nothing. You know?Not going to argue with that (although I would say that, wouldn’t I?).
I am pathologically self-confident (as I’m sure you’ll agree) and I’ve never had a problem with admitting when I’ve been wrong, as I frequently am in lots of respects. Always seen it as a sign of mental weakness when people get things wrong, and can’t accept it. Everybody makes bad calls - why am I, or you, any different in that regard?
The simple answer is we’re not.
I think most people on this thread sincerely wished it didn’t exist.Spot on. We see this all the time on this thread/forum. Folk pretend they want a discussion when all they are really after is validation.
Or we could wake up and it was all a dream / nightmareI think most people on this thread sincerely wished it didn’t exist.
Nothing to do with Brexit. It’ll be the French again. A third of their border officials will have retired, a third will be out protesting that they can’t retire when they wanted to, and the other third will be helping the police quell the ‘manifestations’…Going well at Dover I See
Nothing to do with Brexit. It’ll be the French again. A third of their border officials will have retired, a third will be out protesting that they can’t retire when they wanted to, and the other third will be helping the police quell the ‘manifestations’…