Me and my freind were talking about our opinions on something,at first i had a negtive opinion while he had a positive,later in the conversation i said %26quot;you know,now that i think about it,i think it is cool%26quot;
(we were sharing our opinions on airsoft guns) and after that we continued our convo about airsoft.
Then i was like %26quot;whatever,lets just talk about something else.this is boring%26quot;
and suddenly he starts flipping out and calling me a hypocrite,and then said i need to stop changing my mind about airsoft guns,I mean WTF? how was that %26quot;changing my mind%26quot;?
is dropping the subject changing your mind about something?
i dont think so,but my freind is completley freaking out over me changing the subject.
Is this considered %26quot;changing your mind%26quot;?
Tell your friend to calm down, and tell him you are entitled to change your mind anytime about anything you want. Being a hypocrite means you criticize someone for something you do yourself, but if you happen to change your opinion on the matter, that's okay. I don't blame you for changing the subject. Dude is crazy for flipping out like that.
Is this considered %26quot;changing your mind%26quot;?
You need to consider changing friends.
your friend is right if you thought they were cool you would not want to change the subject.
I think you need new friends. Flipping out over someone else becoming bored with a subject is somewhat worrying. Is that the ONLY thing he knows how to talk about? Honestly. How many hours is one supposed to spend discussing the feasibility of converting an airsoft gun into a fully automatic %26quot;machine gun%26quot;? I'd get bored with that fairly quickly as well, and I have a destructive streak in me that would frighten a raging sociopath at times.
You did change your mind earlier in the conversation, but there's nothing wrong with that at all. I actually find it an admirable quality in most people. It means after further consideration and discussion you realized you were basing your previous opinion on the subject on what was most likely incomplete or faulty information or simply your own preconceptions and having realized that, you reconsidered your view and %26quot;changed your mind%26quot;. It's something intelligent, open minded people do all the time. You start at one position, examine other positions and evidence, perhaps debate the topic a bit and then form your final opinion from there. It's only very stubborn, close minded people who refuse to try to see things from alternate viewpoints who NEVER change their minds. They seem to consider careful thought on a subject and changing one's view based on careful deliberation to be a weakness when it's not. It's how people in general and society at large are able to work together effectively (when we can).
Wanting to change a subject is NOT %26quot;changing your mind%26quot;, btw. It's just getting bored with one subject and wanting to move on to another.
Uh... I think you watch too much Seinfeld.
