the devil's advocate can blow me

I had a frustrating experience the other day where a coworker introduced a topic and engaged me in a discussion about it. We were on the same side of the argument and I just loves me some commiseration so I happily jumped right in to the bitch session.

As such, tangents developed and our protests become a bit more shrill. In other words, we were having a grand ol' time of complaining. And then, midway through the conversation, she switched sides. I was all, "WTF?" so she offered up the Devil's Advocate defense.

Um, don't do that.

Unless you want me to hate you.

She pretty much contradicted a theme she introduced earlier. She totally turned on a dime and made it seem like I was being unreasonable in my protest. Um, I was merely agreeing with what she said earlier.

I was, how you say, fucking pissed. Girlfriend's lucky I didn't poke her eyes out, attach them to a stick and parade around the office with my new prize while singing the Notre Dame Fight Song.

Oh, like you don't do the same.

Anyhoo, I was going to write a big long post about how much I hate when people play Devil's Advocate but there's really no need to further elaborate. Maisnon did it much better than I ever could.

Maisnon, I might need to lift that paragraph word for word the next time I am in this situation. It's the perfect boilerplate for when someone is acting like a complete dick. I promise to give you proper attribution. Excellent stuff.