Misguided_Rooster I'm of the opinion that maturity involves a certain degree of "thickus skinnus", meaning that if someone says something rude or untrue about you (slander aside, I mean small-time stuff like name-calling. Slander, depending on context, can involve legal battles, and I'm not talking about that), you shouldn't escalate the situation further. Doing otherwise indicates an extreme lack of judgment and development as a person, maturity-wise, which, if you weren't already aware, the person causing the conflict in the first place did not possess.

If the person attacking you has enough time on their hands to insult you, well, they weren't really worth it anyway, were they? That's the sort of mature thinking I'm talking about, which sets apart the hypothetical people in this conflict from the more mature individuals who would simply walk away from such a confrontation, ignoring or at most attempting to de-escalate.

Hence, why there's really no difference.

It's just good life advice in general, but I think my point was pretty self-evident.

      shadowdrake27 I probably didn't explain fully (yes, you're right on how you interpreted the first half of my point), but what I'm trying to get across is that I understand where these people are coming from, whether it's an exception to the saying or not. It's just that I don't recommend fighting for honor just to wind up saying or doing something worse than the initiator did.

          ShoeInk I mean, if someone is spreading rumors about you in school or the office to damage your reputation, it can be pretty bad. You can't just ignore it. Imagine being called up to the principal's office just because someone spread a rumor that you've been selling your body to older men for allowances, or being passed over for promotion because your boss hears your colleague calling you incompetent and you don't refute it. Or rivals telling your lover that you are a playboy who cheats often, or lying to your best friend that you're a traitor. Yeah, you could claim that if your lover or best friend knows you well enough, they wouldn't trust rumors, but come on, that's impractical. Sometimes people need assurance, not silence, because it might seem like you're admitting it.

          Just because you stand up and tell the truth, refuting the malicious rumors that people spread about you, doesn't mean you are as bad as them.

              Tomoyuki I already accounted for that. Slander is entirely different. As I said, I meant small-time things that really don't matter, such as what SlaveOfTheLord was talking about with someone calling you a donkey. This wasn't about slander, rumors, or anything like that.

              There are exceptions to every rule, as shadowdrake27 mentioned.

                  ShoeInk

                  I see, yeah fighting a pointless fight is not usually smart. You are correct that there is a maturity aspect that is relevant as well. Although I thought that was pretty uhh… obvious. Anyway, this point would still fit into the saying because it wouldn’t make the mature person angry. They would brush it off and thus not be a donkey.

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                        grimreaper906 Personally, I love villainous main characters, and if you'd allow me to try and change your mind on that, you should read I'll Show You A Villain. I do respect your opinion though.

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