Asklemmy

Hey

Are you me ?

Do we have flying cars in the future ?

I know a couple people who do this and their texts always seem far more dramatic and loaded than they mean.

"Hey, thanks for doing x” - me

" You're welcome..." - them

Uh oh - me internally.

Oh my god, yes.

I've even talked with people who're like;

This..is an example sentence...just to tell you..something.

Usually you see that with older people not used to texting or someone who's first language is not english. But you see so many of that, it makes you wonder. I think they're trying to make it look like they're processing their thoughts as they're typing?

I don't expect people to be Charles Dickens here, but jesus, I'd rather someone take their time getting a thought out than for me to see a poorly written draft of it.

Oh hey, can you try to explain why you want to do that? I'm always confused by it because unless you mean to end on a dramatic pause, these are just regular sentences and those usually end on a period (or nothing/smiley, if you're an internet person

It annoys me to no end when people do that. At least you are self aware and can stop this nonsense.

You hate doing math?

I did that a lot as a kid, as well as having to scratch e.g. my left arm if I'd just scratched my right arm. I had to put my first step on a new surface with my left foot and the last with my right, and I had a system of sort of aping something I'd just heard by grinding my teeth, which I still sort of do sometimes but only in my head because my teeth have grown in such a way that I can't really do it any more.

I remember I used to eat a bag of crisps by holding the bag in my right hand and picking with my left, until one day I decided that was stupid, and rather than just giving up dictating which hand did what, I switched hands.

I used to do something similar. If I touched something with my index finger, I had to touch it with my thumb.

The most noticeable example was adjusting my car stereo. I'd press next several times, or volume up several times, then I'd press it one more time with my thumb.

Oh my name is brian. Oh Brian O'Connor :D

Join Toastmasters and they will (quite kindly) help you rid yourself of this in a few weeks.

I find myself doing this often even tho my beard is a mockery of actual facial hair 😂 need more 😤