I was going to join the debating team.
... but someone talked me out of it.
I was going to join the debating team.
... but someone talked me out of it.
Listen here, genius. You see, the joke is that the person wanted to join the debate team, but someone was so persuasive that they convinced him *not* to join. It's funny 'cause debate is all about convincing people, and he got convinced to not even start!