me, listening to all viewpoints: wow, yeah, definitely, thank you for sharing.
me, preparing to form an opinion: actually, i think i have lead poisoning
i used to be very opinionated and argumentative, i was at one point in time, what one might call a flamer, i liked to think through problems and be right and show other people why they were wrong and should feel bad for being wrong.
and now im not like that, and i feel like i have a pipe sticking through my head.
