Every time I hear someone say ‘eh’ in a questioning tone or to mean ‘um actually’ I lose my shit. Or even just to play something down.
Like I literally come to hate the person instantly. Its a very strong feeling on a very small sound.
Instant downvotes if I see it on Lemmy too. HATE IT.
How about all y’all?
What do you do if you realise you’re just arguing in circles and nothing will be solved by continuing discussing that topic?
Mine is finding a natural pause and kindly “Ah, darn, I have a (thing to do) but it’s been lovely chatting!”
Sometimes there are other things you need to discuss, but it’s time to move on from the pointless argument.
I actually usually just say something like. Look we just disagree. Usually the other person just wants to keep up the disagreement conversation so I through that into a few responses as, I dunno, politeness before I just stop responding.
I usually ask them if they drive a volkswagen. Stops the discussion dead, lol!