- How to disagree with people.
Not that you need any help.
There's lots of stuff to disagree on
if you're looking for it.
Cake versus pie.
Apples or oranges?
This sports team versus this sports team.
Which movie star is better?
Ryan Goosebaby or Charming Tater?
I don't know.
Some people even argue with a tree.
- Why are you just standing there, huh?
Listen to this opinion, I got an opinion.
- Who am I to judge though?
Maybe that tree said something about his mama.
I'm just saying.
Some people just get worked up about anything.
Even One Direction,
they're not all going the same direction anymore.
Bye bye, Zayn, everyone loved you.
You broke everyone's heart, bye bye.
Some people argue about which animal is better.
Cat, dog, elephant or donkey.
Anyway.
Okay, okay, you're not always going to agree
even with the most agreeable person in the world.
Just saying, just saying.
So look, in a world with so many things to disagree on,
we got to learn how to disagree
without making everybody feel terrible.
Step one, treat people like they're people, people.
I know, seems pretty simple
but in a heated argument,
you can forget that you're talking to a person,
a human being, someone who has a heart beat
unless you're arguing with a tree.
That's a whole other problem.
I can't help you there.
Step two, listen, listen, listen.
Listen, before trying to change someone's opinion,
take time to listen to them
even if what they say does not make sense.
That's part of treating someone like a person.
You got to hear them out.
You got two ears and one nose for a reason.
You got to listen more than you smell.
Pretty sure that's not right.
Keep listening.
Step three,
pause, breathe, love.
When you disagree, you're going want to do some crazy stuff
like yell or write and release a whole entire album
outlining that you're right and they're wrong.
Don't do it.
Instead, you're gonna pause, breathe, love.
It's okay to disagree.
It's not okay to be mean.
Don't say it until you can say it with love.
There's plenty of legit stuff to be mad at in the world.
This life stuff, it's hard.
Let's not just spend our time here
being mad at each other.
You don't have to see eye to eye
to work shoulder to shoulder people.
Step four, are you stuck in an argument?
Distract them.
Look, I know we don't see eye to eye but
baby koalas are awesome.
(light music)
But we weren't talking about that?
Did you see?
(light music)
Three words, baby koalas.
That's two words.
All you want to do is disagree.
Just enjoy the koala babies, man.
Baby koalas bring peace.
Step five, acceptance.
Here's something you gotta accept.
Not everybody's the same and that's a good thing.
I mean, imagine the world was just full of Rainn Wilsons.
Nightmare, right?
I'm just kidding, Rainn Williams.
You're a beautiful and amazing specimen.
I'm just saying, we need variety.
We need disagreement.
We may not like it but we need each other.
We just got to learn to be more awesome to each other.
It's like what Nelson Mandela said,
And then there's Gandhi.
I mean, both of them have disagreements with people.
Wasn't always easy but they tried to treat people
like they're people, people.
We can also look to the words of somebody else.
The amazing Pokemon, Meowth.
Yeah, that's from the Pokemon movie so it has to be true.
It is true, you know it is.
Grown ups, we kids have been watching you.
We've been learning how to disagree with people
by watching you.
We've seen some healthy disagreements
and also lots of recent disagreements.
Nobody wins when all we want to do is win.
We got a whole world to make more awesome.
No time to be yelling back and forth to each other.
Maybe we should stop, breathe, love.
It's okay, it's gonna be okay.
We can disagree but we can't let it make us forget
step six, dance.
(fun music)
Ooh, some mail.
"Dear Kid President,
"your voice has changed.
"Will you be Kid President forever?
I won't always be a kid.
Guess you're gonna have to just stay tuned
and see what happens next.
That's how life works.
Thank you, people.