Also if your friend is doing it out of like a fear of social consequences, you could note that there is literally zero place or group you want to be in where admitting you're wrong is worse than not. Shaming someone for literally just admitting that they made a mistake and apologing is kind of asshole behavior. It should result in forgiveness (well unless crimes were committed or something) and other people generally liking them more than if they didn't admit they were wrong

if your "friend" is self-aware and wants to do something about it i'd probably start by asking them what makes them have this uncontrollable fear (assuming they're not doing this consciously) then have them try to resolve or self-reflect that first. Like, for example, which specific aspect of admitting that they're wrong scares them, such as the fear of possible or possibly non-existent social consequences coming afterward. And to try to willpower/brave their way into doing it anyway despite any remaining fear

wait what wdym

edit: oh wait you replied to the topic not the above post, i wish more people did this but it is a reality for some really cool people

@UnpaidIntern said:

I gain ALL respect for a peeson

Peeson🥹🥹

fr, i 100% know who you're talking about though, they're definitely guilty of this but they're probably innocent

@Abaddon64 said:

@UnpaidIntern yeah my dad is like that. He has toxic masculinity

is it just me but is every BDNS user literally in the exact same situation at the same time /j

my dad is like this too but expresses it through jokes usually so it ends up just being kinda annoying sometimes, then they kind of just do it unironically