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What do people not understand about you?

444 sats \ 19 comments \ @Aardvark 20 Jan AskSN

Personally, I have a broken brain. I wish people understood that when I space out during a conversation, I'm not trying to be rude. I just get distracted and have a Walter Mitty moment.

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44 sats \ 1 reply \ @95575884_ 20 Jan

I need time to recharge in-between social interactions

5 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

Sounds like my wife. She comes home burned out on days that she has a lot of meeting.

150 sats \ 1 reply \ @ek 20 Jan

I sometimes try so hard to avoid looking like I’m not listening, even though I am, that I get distracted and have to ask them to repeat what they just said.

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

For me, someone will say something that my brain just runs away with. I get hyper fixated on a small detail and then I'm off to the races.

42 sats \ 2 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Jan

I’m typically easy-going n non-confrontational. But push me over the line, and I will cut ties with you in an instant. I have done it before

24 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 21 Jan

Tell me before I get to the line! 😅

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @cryotosensei 21 Jan

But you’re funny, you will get a free pass

21 sats \ 3 replies \ @nichro 20 Jan

Sometimes my brain prioritizes saying the thing that is funny over the thing that is proper/expected if enough people present (AKA at least me) can appreciate it

10 sats \ 1 reply \ @Myshkin 20 Jan

This is one of the funniest things that can be done with strangers, for example. I like this approach because it's so polarizing. If you get the other person to smile or laugh, you get an immediate connection. Otherwise they just consider you a mental case...which in my situation could even be the truth lol

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @nichro 20 Jan

It's especially fun with strangers and you get better and better at it the more you do it.

A well targeted quip or joke at the right/wrong time and then glimpse at their reaction will tell you a lot about said stranger.

It can even act as a filter. Based on the way they react, you may quickly decide if it's worth investing more time and effort with the niceties and interaction.

(im not a sociopath, i promise)

10 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

I'm so guilty of that!

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Bitcoiner1 20 Jan

My jokes 🤣!

I could be having a normal conversation with a random person on the street and I try to make a joke but with my normal voice and with serious look...and no one laugh. Only the people who knows or understand my humor.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

I hate when my jokes fall flat. It hurts my soul.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @7e6e393a56 20 Jan

My silence... sometimes it causes a lot of confusion because it seems like I'm indifferent to the situation.

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @tomlaies 20 Jan

I have the habit of always thinking of counter-arguments to what I just said and it comes across paticularly bad on SN.

"What if A", next paragraph "What if not A".

I have been been attacked, personally insulted here. Called me a shitcoiner. People put me on enemy lists on SN because of that.

21 sats \ 1 reply \ @Aardvark OP 20 Jan

Yea i could see how that could get confusing. It's not always easy to explain yourself over text.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @tomlaies 20 Jan

I feel like people on this platform are more allergic to nuance than on any other platform unfortunately. It's more like Twitter than like Hacker News in this regard

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @NovaRift 20 Jan

It's true that if a conversation is not engaging, my brain gets distracted. I try my best to act interested, though I just wish they don't ask any follow ups 😂.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @zapsammy 20 Jan

they do not understand that when i call them dumb, stupid, and retarded, i really mean it, and that it comes from my true care for their intelligence and well being, which have been dumbed down, stupefied, and retarded.