Best comebacks to people who are overly opinionated?

My favorite is; I've tried your diet, have you tried mine?

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Permalink Reply by Craig Plunkett on May 10, 2012 at 5:25am

I don't believe there's such a thing as being overly-opinionated. I'm a big ol' fan of proselytising. My best comeback is science.

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Permalink Reply by Nik Neymlis on May 10, 2012 at 5:28am

I agree in theory.

However I don't agree when someone spends day after day trying to convince my my diet is harmful to me, or my children. Some arguments never end. Regardless of science. Just think about religion...

Unwanted, repeated opinions I consider to be overly opinionated and bordering on harassment.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Plunkett on May 10, 2012 at 5:34am

So it's irrationality you dislike..more than fair, ha.

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Permalink Reply by Carlos169 on May 10, 2012 at 11:04pm

The only problem with science is they tend to believe the science they have seen versus your science. Look at all the Paleo babble.

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Permalink Reply by Raw Kim on May 16, 2012 at 11:55pm

Lol.. i can't decide whether i like this second guy's response or Nik Nevmlis' =)

Just wondering how these conversations end up ^^;

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Permalink Reply by Matt on May 10, 2012 at 6:25am

usually I try to avoid arguments now and don't really bring up my diet cus it always ends in arguments but if that does happen and they are just too stubborn to open their eyes a little I usually say "The most brilliant minds in the world though that the Earth was flat for thousands of years, don't you think there's a slight chance I'm right?" Nobody can answer that question with "No" while still sounding intelligent.

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Permalink Reply by Nik Neymlis on May 10, 2012 at 6:35am

I don't bri

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Permalink Reply by Nik Neymlis on May 10, 2012 at 6:41am

I typed an insanely long response - and it only posted "I don't bri" lol I'm too tired to do it again.

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Permalink Reply by Matt on May 10, 2012 at 7:23am

lol i was confused by that

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Permalink Reply by Nik Neymlis on May 10, 2012 at 6:42am

Second attempt:

I don't bring it up, people just notice - and start making comments. I actually don't mind hearing people talk, I was just more curious if anyone had anything clever to say to disarm them and prevent an unnecessary future conversation that you've inevitably had 15 times.

It's a lot like religion. People almost feel an obligation to "fix" you, because you're obviously killing yourself with this radical diet that excludes meat and dairy. lol It's funny, obviously - but they don't get it.

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Permalink Reply by Craig Plunkett on May 10, 2012 at 11:49pm

Well, whenever someone dishes out 'hurp durp are you enjoying your rabbit food?' I ask them what the heart attack rate is among rabbits. This is my staple 'comeback'.