…if someone asks me to repeat myself immediately, without pause, i presume they’re too f*cking lazy to parse phonemes nor to respect communication as mutual effort, and move on to a better use of my time…
Or you mumble and refuse to work on speaking clearly and blame everyone else for it. But either way they don’t have to be suffering through you anymore so it’s a win win.
Sometimes I just take half a second longer to process what I heard, which forces me to say “can you repeat that” immediately after they talked, only to them finally have a response. It’s not cause I hate you, it’s cause I’m dumb or some shit that idk why it’s causing it. It was really bad for me in middle school, I used to joke with my friends I’m partially deaf or smth. So like please don’t be an ass, if I did wanna hear you I’d just be like “cool I guess.”
…i have absolutely no problem repeating myself for people who make a sincere effort at listening, which every one of my hearing-impaired friends do, including myself…people who interrupt with a ‘huh?’ mid-sentence, without even a moment to parse what they’ve heard, i reciprocate with exactly the same effort they commit to the conversation…
…social mooches are a boorish burden upon everyone around them…
My general guide on this:
If you didn’t hear me the first time, I assume it’s 100% my fault.
If you didn’t hear me the second time, I assume it’s 50% my fault.
If you didn’t hear me the third time or there after, I assume it’s 100% your fault.
I think everyone follows this guide, regardless of whether or not they speak more clearly on the repeats.
…if someone asks me to repeat myself immediately, without pause, i presume they’re too f*cking lazy to parse phonemes nor to respect communication as mutual effort, and move on to a better use of my time…
Or you mumble and refuse to work on speaking clearly and blame everyone else for it. But either way they don’t have to be suffering through you anymore so it’s a win win.
Sometimes I just take half a second longer to process what I heard, which forces me to say “can you repeat that” immediately after they talked, only to them finally have a response. It’s not cause I hate you, it’s cause I’m dumb or some shit that idk why it’s causing it. It was really bad for me in middle school, I used to joke with my friends I’m partially deaf or smth. So like please don’t be an ass, if I did wanna hear you I’d just be like “cool I guess.”
or have a hearing disorder. congratulations on exposing yourself.
…i have absolutely no problem repeating myself for people who make a sincere effort at listening, which every one of my hearing-impaired friends do, including myself…people who interrupt with a ‘huh?’ mid-sentence, without even a moment to parse what they’ve heard, i reciprocate with exactly the same effort they commit to the conversation…
…social mooches are a boorish burden upon everyone around them…