I noticed a tic recently. When speaking extempore I say "sort of" and "kind of" way too often. If I ever get serious about audio as a medium, I'm gonna have to work on that :(
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What would be the right amount to say those phrases?
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Listen to Tyler Cowen a bunch and learn to mimic? There are lots of old words that are more precise but vague enough. “Underrepresented”, “some”, “some but not all”, “most”, “marginally”, etc
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I think my solution is to keep this a marginal activity for now. If I see an opportunity where getting good at this is necessary, I'll maybe do it.
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Some people are overly sensitive to this!I think it’s fine if you’re making a comparison but not if you’re using it to hedge or soften your statements






