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My friend, we'll call him Jason, is a very kind person with a good sense of humor. He and I like to play video games together, along with our big group of friends who play games too, so we all have a big group chat to talk about our games. However, whenever somebody has a different opinion than him about things (like the video games for instance) he has to argue with them because he always thinks he knows everything or that he's always right. Our other friends noticed this too and don't like the attitude much either. Jason and I have had many disagreements and this sense of entitlement always comes back, and I guess this last one was the final straw for me. 

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What started this disagreement was pretty darn stupid, so that's why I didn't bother with it much. Well, what happened was that my phone broke, so I figured maybe I'd ask if he wanted to come with me to get a new phone then we could grab lunch after. So I texted him on my Mac (there's a messaging app there) and this was our conversation. For the record, like many people, I use and purchase Apple products, while he uses Android products, which is fine, I really couldn't care less what he preferred, it's just a phone. But that wasn't the case for him. I didn't want to upload a billion screenshots so I'll type it word for word on here.

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Jason: I'm wondering. Why do u even use apple products, apple is shit. Just get an android 

Me: Meh. I like Apple products because I guess it's just easier for me, I suck with technology, lol

Jason: But why do u wanna waste all your money on stuff that doesn't even work even though it's easy to use

Me: My personal preference is iPhones/Apple products, it's what I've always used so I just stick with it 

Jason: Why do so many people complain about their iPhones breaking all the time then? With my android, u never have to worry about that stuff, there's a reason why there's less people complaining about their android than their iphone

Me: Well, you can believe what you want, I know there's no use in arguing with you

Jason: What do u mean there's no reason arguing with me, just come up with a valid point. I already have Kevin (our other friend) saying stuff like that, and that's already fucking irritating. Stop making me look like an idiot

Me: I'm sorry you feel that way. Allow me to explain, I feel that whenever we do not share the same opinion about things, no matter what it is, that you give off the impression that your opinion is always the right one and that there's no validity to my opinion. It's hard to discuss something when you're so entitled to your own opinion that mine is just falling on deaf ears.

Me: And honestly, I always brush it off/don't even bother, because I already know the outcome. That's just how I feel. 

Me: Maybe you think of the situation differently, I'm just speaking from my perspective and how I feel about it.

Jason: So u are saying that u feel that I think I know what I'm talking about when we are discussing something. I'm giving my point of view, it's not that I'm psychotic, I can negotiate too

Jason: And again maybe u think of it differently or I'm forgetting something, but either way I know how to discuss, and I like to post my arguments first. I do read what you write, just putting this out there

Me: Fair enough. Perhaps that's your intentions, but your execution gives off way different vibes. And I'm not the only one who thinks that

Jason: I'll just be more quiet then about things, problem solved. No other analyzing, just what I said

Me: I was not saying your opinion doesn't matter, or that you should be quiet. I'm saying you should consider how you word your thinking. I like to hear what you think about things, don't get me wrong. It's about your execution of how you express that opinion is what gives off the condescending attitude. And I'm not trying to scold you or tell you how to act, you asked for what I meant so I'm giving you my answer

Jason: No i meant what I said. I'll just be more quiet, that's why I told u not to overanalyze it

Me: That's not going to solve the issue at hand, but to each their own. Our friends and myself appreciate you talking to us, and again, I never said that you had to be quiet.

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I don't think he understood my point. I didn't tell him he had to keep quiet or that his opinion didn't matter. My point was that the *execution* in which he chooses to *express* his opinion is the problem, not the opinion itself.

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So am I the asshole for addressing my friend's over inflated sense of entitlement? I brought it up in that moment not because of the dumb iPhone crap, but because the whole "my opinion is the only right one" has been bothering me and others for awhile now, and he probably didn't even realize it because nobody calls him out for it. And if I am the asshole, in what ways should I have worded my thinking differently?