What is the best way to respond to "You have an answer for everything", "You always have to be right", or "You always need to have the last word"? (lemmy.world)

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[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Related: if they call you a smartass, a retort I like is "I'd rather be a smartass than a dumbass"🤷

[-] Sulfamide@jlai.lu 6 points 1 year ago

Oooh so we were talking about the snarkiest comeback, to someone already frustrated with us, got it.

[-] Viking_Hippie@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

OR to people who have been proven wrong and want to deflect the conversation to a personal attack on the one who proved them wrong, which is also often the case with arguments like in the OP 🤷

[-] Sulfamide@jlai.lu 3 points 1 year ago

Actually you’re right. I only have to deal with my loved ones who say it playfully, I forgot that it was originally a dumbass weapon.

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