Silent_Rebel
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Does anyone have a response to "BECAUSE I SAID SO!!"? Something that would make the authority figure (teachers in this case) actually stop to think, or just plain blow them off their feet???
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OK, it's on.
Because I said so.
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Shatokan
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Usually if someone uses this phrase i immediately stop respecting them and never consider them an authority figure again. If they can't give a better answer than that then why should they be able to boss me around. I don't even answer, i just start looking at them like their stupid. <3
tashi
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There are very few things that a person can do or say to me that pisses me off more then "Because I said so".
I'm usually too frustrated at that point to have any good comebacks.
"Yes, I understood that you said so, but WHY did you say so?" is my usual response, which tends to do absolutely nothing, other then irritate the "socallledauthorityfigure".
I'm usually too frustrated at that point to have any good comebacks.
"Yes, I understood that you said so, but WHY did you say so?" is my usual response, which tends to do absolutely nothing, other then irritate the "socallledauthorityfigure".
warryer
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This phrase is meant as a final stop. A save face on the ego that refuses to look another way. Any other mode of thinking is out of the question because other modes of thinking could unseat the ego from its throne of control, god forbid.
My bet is that whatever you said or did was taken by your teacher as an assault against his/her position of authority. This I think is not right unless your teacher knows a truth and is therefore an authority. So, your teacher probably thinks (s)he knows one of these truths. Basically you teacher is trying to teach blind acceptance because I assume this is what (s)he knows.
As far as "comebacks" go, they need to be tailored to the given situation. If I had more background info on how the exchange went and what the action/words in question are, then I might be able to help you.
My bet is that whatever you said or did was taken by your teacher as an assault against his/her position of authority. This I think is not right unless your teacher knows a truth and is therefore an authority. So, your teacher probably thinks (s)he knows one of these truths. Basically you teacher is trying to teach blind acceptance because I assume this is what (s)he knows.
As far as "comebacks" go, they need to be tailored to the given situation. If I had more background info on how the exchange went and what the action/words in question are, then I might be able to help you.
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My brother is someone who uses that phrase 100 too many times. Likewise, i never say anything back really. It's that one answer that causes me to loose part of my patience which to anyone or most can throw off there ability to think rationally. Knowing there is the chance i would make myself looking completely stupid by giving a random comeback or just something that doesn't add up, i say nothing or go with the obvious, " But why did you say so?" if they repeat themselves, then i usually just give them a stupid look.
Silent_Rebel
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I usually just give the stupid look that you guys were talking about/ lose respect (like you said). I can usually see what their "logic" is behind things, but I would just like them to say it for once. Plus, sometimes they really have NO logic behind whatever it is that they are saying, and they show it on their face. (I probably sound heartless or something like that.) Thats when it gets fun because those teachers at my school have had enough experience with me to know that I can tear them down if I wanted to.
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Ha. Funny high school story...
I once responded to the "because I said so" statement with "that's not a good enough reason". I said it straight and without emotion. Stopped them in their tracks. Then I reiterated why I wouldn't do what they wanted me to do and I walked away from them before they could respond. Worked great because not only did I prove to them that they were being illogical and emotional I also took all the power away from them. If you walk away from someone before they have finished with you then you take the power with you. I didn't get in trouble because other than the Authority Figure in question and myself no one was present. This coupled with the fact that they knew no matter what they did to me I wasn't going to follow them meant they left me alone after that. It's an added bonus that I was a good student and got good grades.
Ye gods I hated that women.
I once responded to the "because I said so" statement with "that's not a good enough reason". I said it straight and without emotion. Stopped them in their tracks. Then I reiterated why I wouldn't do what they wanted me to do and I walked away from them before they could respond. Worked great because not only did I prove to them that they were being illogical and emotional I also took all the power away from them. If you walk away from someone before they have finished with you then you take the power with you. I didn't get in trouble because other than the Authority Figure in question and myself no one was present. This coupled with the fact that they knew no matter what they did to me I wasn't going to follow them meant they left me alone after that. It's an added bonus that I was a good student and got good grades.
Ye gods I hated that women.
RubberDucky451
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If you expect me to listen to you please provide a logical reason why.
I've become much more of a logical bastard since arriving here.
I've become much more of a logical bastard since arriving here.
Nevermind
aus dem nix
"Because I said so" is just an invitation to go against whatever it is they are telling you to do/not to do.
example(may be boring):
example(may be boring):
Mom: No, I don't want you driving on the highway.
Me: Why?
Mom: You're not ready.
Me: Yes, I am. What would you know anyway about my driving capabilities? You haven't been in a car with me driving for almost two years, you have no idea what I can and can't do. That is my decision alone.
Mom: I just don't want you driving on the highway just yet.
Me: Give me a real logical reason. (getting frustrated)
Mom: Because I said so.
(At this point I realize that I'm going about this problem the hard way and decide that I'll just have to go and drive on the highway anyway. It's the only way to make her see reason.)
So a week later I inform her that I have driven on the highway every day for a week and there isn't much she can say to that. I explain it to her from the angle that the highway isn't and never was the problem, she was, and then I explain how I fixed her with a simple problem-solution approach. I overwhelm her with logic, and she gives up. It's a wonderful, even artful, procedure.
Me: Why?
Mom: You're not ready.
Me: Yes, I am. What would you know anyway about my driving capabilities? You haven't been in a car with me driving for almost two years, you have no idea what I can and can't do. That is my decision alone.
Mom: I just don't want you driving on the highway just yet.
Me: Give me a real logical reason. (getting frustrated)
Mom: Because I said so.
(At this point I realize that I'm going about this problem the hard way and decide that I'll just have to go and drive on the highway anyway. It's the only way to make her see reason.)
So a week later I inform her that I have driven on the highway every day for a week and there isn't much she can say to that. I explain it to her from the angle that the highway isn't and never was the problem, she was, and then I explain how I fixed her with a simple problem-solution approach. I overwhelm her with logic, and she gives up. It's a wonderful, even artful, procedure.
Hawkeye
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depends on the situation.
Although to be honest teachers shouldn't really use that jargon as they are there to teach. I had a similar experience when I was studying German at secondary school (I'm British
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We had supply teachers for our entire final year (not many passed the course...). One of them wrote something like "Schnupperwockenenden" on the board. I asked what it meant and she said "Does it matter?"
Now I wasn't trying to be some smart arse here but I said "uhm... yes it does" to which she gave a lecture about how she had a German degree and we didn't...
My class collectively got her fired... ... Only to have her replaced with a Paedophile
He told us it meant 'snuff-weekend' (why we were learning that I have no idea...) and then touched us.
That last bit is a lie (he didn't tell us what it meant
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Although to be honest teachers shouldn't really use that jargon as they are there to teach. I had a similar experience when I was studying German at secondary school (I'm British
)We had supply teachers for our entire final year (not many passed the course...). One of them wrote something like "Schnupperwockenenden" on the board. I asked what it meant and she said "Does it matter?"
Now I wasn't trying to be some smart arse here but I said "uhm... yes it does" to which she gave a lecture about how she had a German degree and we didn't...
My class collectively got her fired... ... Only to have her replaced with a Paedophile
He told us it meant 'snuff-weekend' (why we were learning that I have no idea...) and then touched us.
That last bit is a lie (he didn't tell us what it meant
)Fleur
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For me there are two answers. The first is the already mentioned "but why do you say so?"; the second and very impudent one goes along the lines of repeating my statement and saying that it must be taken for granted "because I said so", in other words - I feed them their own medicine (I really do not recommend to use this one unless you are annoyed beyond all limits).
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"Alas, in my life time the phrase "Because I said so" was always a thinly veiled threat. Basically, "comply or suffer the consequences"
Needless to say I suffered a lot of consequences....
It is by suffering that we learn.
Geminii
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"Not even remotely good enough. Would you like another try?"
"Wow. Has that ever worked? Ever? On anyone? I mean, really?"
"That's your best response? Do you... need some time, maybe try again, come up with something that won't get you laughed at?"
"Wow. Has that ever worked? Ever? On anyone? I mean, really?"
"That's your best response? Do you... need some time, maybe try again, come up with something that won't get you laughed at?"
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Completely off-topic:
It always really annoyed me when teachers (usually substitutes for some reason...don't try to win me over with your hackneyed teacher-quips you sycophantic fwoppensteiner) when I or anyone else would ask, 'can I go to the bathroom?', and they'd respond with 'I don't know, can you?'. F*ckin' j*rkoffs. 'Would you like to come with and we can find out together, you poopants whore?' : (
As for the OP, I think leaving the class in disgust is the way to go, it'll provide you with the opportunity (assuming this wankface teacher tattles on you, which it will, because it's a wankface) to plead your case with a higher-up who's likely to be more sensible/reasonable and side with you, because this teacher, regardless of the circumstances, can't help but look childish/incompetent in using these sorts of 'BUT I'M THE TEACHER!' tactics.
It always really annoyed me when teachers (usually substitutes for some reason...don't try to win me over with your hackneyed teacher-quips you sycophantic fwoppensteiner) when I or anyone else would ask, 'can I go to the bathroom?', and they'd respond with 'I don't know, can you?'. F*ckin' j*rkoffs. 'Would you like to come with and we can find out together, you poopants whore?' : (
As for the OP, I think leaving the class in disgust is the way to go, it'll provide you with the opportunity (assuming this wankface teacher tattles on you, which it will, because it's a wankface) to plead your case with a higher-up who's likely to be more sensible/reasonable and side with you, because this teacher, regardless of the circumstances, can't help but look childish/incompetent in using these sorts of 'BUT I'M THE TEACHER!' tactics.