How easily do you buckle?

[SCitizen]

How easy it is for others to force you to back down.

 

[Jredbaron96]

Not easily, unless they can break my knuckle.

 

[Nilly]

Impossible to answer =/. It depends on the topic, and how important it is to me.

 

[SCitizen]

[humor]Check your non-Autistic privilege.[/humor]

 

[clownboy]

Are they armed? Am I?

 

[Chomsky]

I give, or stand firm, depending upon what is in my best interest.

Every situation has it's own unique solution.

And, your poll is lacking in context.

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See if you can get me to buckle on that! :2razz:

 

[betuadollar]

I will readily concede if you can impress upon me that I'm wrong. Otherwise, good luck.

 

[Ancient Herald]

I never back down unless I see I've made the mistake or they get an authority figure of some sort to stomp me.

I' a very feisty kind of person.

But, it's also useless to fight when you're dealing with imbeciles who think they've done nothing wrong.

 

[SCitizen]

I will readily concede if you can impress upon me that I'm wrong. Otherwise, good luck.

I easily buckle under slight intimidation -- Autism is not fun. I guess I should not.

 

[joG]

How easy it is for others to force you to back down.

If the other guy can show the better argument? That's all it takes.
If facts and logic don't back him up? Never.

 

[DA60]

It takes only a few seconds.

I sit down, close the door, buckle up and then usually turn the key and off I go.

 

[CaptainCourtesy]

It takes only a few seconds.

I sit down, close the door, buckle up and then usually turn the key and off I go.

When I saw the thread title, that's exactly what I thought. :lol:

 

[DA60]

When I saw the thread title, that's exactly what I thought. :lol:

 

[Dragonfly]

If she looks like this:

what was the question....

 

[SmokeAndMirrors]

How easy it is for others to force you to back down.

Depends. What's it worth to me?

I'd generally rather keep the peace and avoid bureaucratic systems. If someone is pushing at me over something unimportant, I'll probably just leave or find a way to do what I'm trying to without involving whatever is making it harder. That's silly nonsense, beating your head into walls like that. Life's for enjoying whenever possible.

If it's really important?

Well, let's put it this way. I've never met a mountain yet that I can't move. I probably will someday, but I've wound up in the hospital from putting myself through too much. And still didn't stop. That probably knocked a few months off the end of my life.

That's probably why I don't bother with the little stuff. When I'm committed to something, it's the only thing that matters, even if it costs me a lot. I lose all sense of the amount of strain I'm doing myself. No sense in doing that over something little.

That stubbornness is a good thing to have as an ace in the hole or when big dreams come up to big obstacles, and I'm a good person to have around in a crisis, but you gotta be careful with deciding to apply it or you'll make yourself crazy.

 

[Simon W. Moon]

How easy it is for others to force you to back down.

Definitely depends on the subject/situation

Of what I have tried...
There're abut three foods that I do not like. Every other food I find at least tolerable.
Most foods I enjoy.

So, unless I am having a craving I am likely to agree to eat something different for a meal based on the suggestion of someone who has a feeling about what's for dinner.
Though, if I am having a craving and you are doing the cooking and cleaning, I will still let you have your way.
But if I am having a craving and I am doing the cooking and cleaning, then we're eating what I am making.

 

[Ancient Herald]

Right now i'm buckling to non stop allergies after three weeks of constant, well, allergies.

It's amazing that such a leetle tiny thing can bring down a big grown man.

Dammit.

i think i'm going to try the claim of local honey as a remedy. nothing else has worked.

i'm absolutely miserable.

How the hell can a nose produce so much freaking crap?

 

[Manc Skipper]

It takes only a few seconds.

I sit down, close the door, buckle up and then usually turn the key and off I go.

Clunk, click, every trip!

 

[calamity]

How easy it is for others to force you to back down.

I thought this was about seat belts.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

So, so. If I am confident I am right and it is important I don't back down.
If I am shown I am wrong I back down I back down immediately.
If I know I am right, and it is a trivial matter, and backing down will keep the peace with someone I care about, like my wife or friends, I might back down.

 

[Skeptic Bob]

I thought this was about seat belts.

Me too. I thought it would a poll asking if you use one or two hands.

 

[Slartibartfast]

Too easily.

I always have this uneasy feeling that my actions wont matter in the long run and it saps my will power. Not sure how to get over that cancerous idea

 

[Slartibartfast]

It takes only a few seconds.

I sit down, close the door, buckle up and then usually turn the key and off I go.

This is a terrible way to treat your olde worlde shoes

 

[Chomsky]

If the other guy can show the better argument? That's all it takes.
If facts and logic don't back him up? Never.

I agree with you for the most part, though not always in the "never give-up" facet.

IRL I may occasionally coalesce for the greater good, if it we're politically expedient to do so and the reward is there.

I guess I'm Machiavellian in that sense, always keeping my eye on the end-goal in the larger sense.

Also IRL, I strongly believe in "leaving a little on the table" when I otherwise can 'take everything' if I so chose. Better someone thinks I beat them fairly & justly, than they believe I took advantage of them and they then become a mortal enemy for life. "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer", and all that!

 

[joG]

.......
I guess I'm Machiavellian in that sense, always keeping my eye on the end-goal in the larger sense.

Also IRL, I strongly believe in "leaving a little on the table" when I otherwise can 'take everything' if I so chose. Better someone thinks I beat the fairly & justly, than they believe I took advantage of them and they then become a mortal enemy for life. "Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer", and all that!

Macchivelli preferred a more final method, if I remember correctly. But that is a question of position and circumstance, I guess.