I am constantly amazed at the inability of some people of seemingly normal intelligence to have a reasonable conversation.
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And I'm not using Alzheimers meanly as an insult. I worked w/ people with dementia for years. This is what some conversations remind me of.
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Non-sequiturs. Forgetting the point. Changing subject. Repeating themselves. Insisting they didn't say things they said 5 minutes ago.
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These aren't stupid people. It's an entirely different language game. I don't know how to play it & I don't want to coz winning is worthless
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You know they're not stupid coz there's a cleverness in the evading & misreading & feigned confusion. Put your brain to better use!
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And now I've been rude to someone in frustration which I'm ashamed of. I doubt I will ever learn to walk away. Grumpy now.
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I'm convinced that at least 50% of online conversation is just people bluffing/trying to hide that they don't understand what's being said.
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I'm not sure what percentage of those people know they're doing it, and what percentage just do it reflexively.
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