It's a little different discussing these things online with people I don't really know all that well, vs discussing them in person with people I do know. I suspect that those of you who don't know me well (that's everyone reading this post), can be more objective when explaining how you feel about very opinionated people in real life.

I wouldn't ask anyone in real life. I don't really want to know (mostly because their opinion can't be anything but subjective). But, people IRL do respond to me in ways that make me uncomfortable. I'm starting to see them as hecklers, and find ways to treat them as such.