• Signtist@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    I want to tell people this sometimes, but I figure they’ll just think I’m mansplaining mansplaining.

    • Sam, The Man@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      The key is to never take a clear pause; semicolons only; make them worried if you’re alright with a torrent of Skink facts.

  • Gaspar@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    You forgot about the part of option 2 where you realize midway through explaining that the other person either understood and you misread the situation, or they just don’t care, but now you’ve gotten too far into the explanation and you just have to power through even though literally every fiber of your being is telling you to shut up

    … wait