10/10 Conversation Insertion

I'm not necessarily a person to try and impress people with what knowledge I have on a certain subject. This is because I don't want to make a fool of myself and say the wrong information. If I am seriously confident that I got my facts straight, then I say something. So for instance, let's bank that I do know and am really confident. I don't want to just straight up enter the conversation and cut the person off of what they are saying; neither do I want to tell them they are completely wrong and do not know what they are talking about. My English 1101 teacher, Mr. Taylor, taught me to always be accepting of the other person's side, not that I have to agree, but there is a certain amount of respect due to the other person's view and knowledge. Furthermore, you want the other person to be just as much open to what you have to say and your knowledge on the subject as much as you are. So how I jump into a conversation is I let them finish what they are saying and then start with agreeing with something that they said. If I want to contradict what they said, or further what they said, with evidence that disproves or proves what they said, I will make a transition into that after I make an agreement with them.

With that said, being that I am there in person at a party, I would not have any papers to back up what I say. However, I do have my phone (in this hypothetical situation, I would have a sick iPhone that has great quality for showing videos!) where I can pull up videos. I could even be specific on dates and names for this subject that could provide me credibility and reliability on what I am saying. I don't want to get too deep, but deep enough that I know what I am talking about. How I would bring this around to a close, is thinking of something that shows support on my part for what the other person says so as to keep that party-air feel. :)

If I am the other person encountering someone who comes up to join my conversation with a friend, I will first listen to all of what they say, while making note of certain things they say that might throw up red flags for me. Those red flags could be something that these people need to further what they say, clarify, or provide references to dates, names, or situations. On this side of this situation, it's just a matter of the person providing references that I could research on my own time and for that moment sound credible. It's not a matter of acting macho or being a know-it-all, but that is not to say that I won't be impressed by that person's knowledge; I'm always looking to be enlightened and taught something that I don't know, especially something of interest to me.