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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

My friend says "long story short" then spends 25 minutes telling me about every detail of his doctor's appointment anyway.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I usually go with "long story shorter..." because I know no matter how much I try to condense things, my explanation will be long simply due to my need to over-explain.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago

I do this on purpose

I don't explain what the right answer is

I explain to context of what was considered before coming to the answer.