Pleading Ignorance

[Hue]

So I ask, how well could pleading ignorance, and perhaps showing a little distaste for the topic would work?

I think that it context specific.

If I didn't know what the guy was talking about, but he seems to be presenting a compelling argument, I would state my ignorance and have him explain it to me, trying to understand to the best of my abilities.

If I concluded I was adequately knowledgeable on the topic, but didn't see the conversation as worth having, showing distaste, being uninterested, aloof, absolutely gets the message across. Facial expressions, body language, and tone can all communicate this. If you're trying to remain polite / not be rude, subtlety is key.

"Right... *somewhat slowly, with a slightly more intense stare* So I was thinking recently --> new topic"

I've done that before combined with my voice trailing off, then an engaged tone with the latter. To me, that says, "I'm not liking where you're going with this, and don't feel like specifying my reason for that, let's change subjects", but if you said that it'd be weird and kill the vibe.

Unless the dude really has a point to prove, that can cut topics pretty well. It could still come off poorly though, so context is key.

Also how well could a man pull off answering arguments with emotion, rather than logic?

It depends on the EQ of both parties, but yea that's definitely effective.

I read somewhere on here that most arguments are actually just a battle of emotions of who can produce enough of it that their opponent collapses/submits, or something.

I wrote recently that during any dialogue there's actually two conversations going on, the content, likely logical conversation, and the subtle, between the lines conversation that's communicated with body language, tone, and thus emotion.

"Idk why I do it! It just comes naturally to me!" sounds fearful and defensive as fuck, with lots of negative emotion,

where as

"Not sure why I do it... just, kinda comes naturally to me" is modest as fuck, and like you're explaining yourself, communicating in a calm way.


Men are typically more logical creatures, but we certainly have the capacity to use emotion and be more understood or compelling in presentation.

Hueman