In my college Sociology class, my professor ran us through a couple situations, then ran them back for us. Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening. Which apparently leads into two “classic” complaints between M/F partners.
Men tended to think that women were “always changing their minds”, because the men interpreted the women’s nods and interjections as agreement instead of “I’m listening to you”.
And women tended to think that men “weren’t listening to them” because men never provided this feedback.
Gender-wise, women tended to make small interjections, nod their heads, etc, as the conversation went among, to indicate that they were listening
Wait this isn’t something everyone does?
☝️This
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Backchannel_(linguistics)
“I acknowledge that I could interject my own thoughts here, but choose not to. Please continue with that topic, I am interested.”
Of course, doesn’t work as well in online forums.
Hell yeah
this fr ⤴️
No cap
The way yanks use bro or bruh is like glass in my ear. Its so boorish and stupid sounding.
Sadly my 8 year old son has brought the term bruh home from school. I ask him not to use it but he does anyway.
The trick is to use it ALL. THE. TIME.
“Hey, bruh, good day at school? Brrrah brrrah 67 skibidi its your turn to clean the toilet.”
Thankfully 67 was squashed fast. Banned in the house, even his friends have stopped doing it here.
snick
“Oh shit! Sorry pall!”
Ding ding ding!
Ope
Same
me too thanks.
I probably didn’t want to have the conversation in the first place, now you want me to contribute to it too?
Yikes.
Wow
Wat
Big oof
oof
