When you find yourself in a heated conversation, how do you usually handle it?

Our reader poll today asks: When you find yourself in a heated conversation, how do you usually handle it?

I keep arguing until the other person capitulates 3.92%I push the argument too far but take a break before it’s irreparable 12.61%I catch myself and suggest a break in the discussion to calm down 34.34%I stop as soon as things start getting heated and seek to understand 49.13%

Pause, then discuss.

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