…if someone asks me to repeat myself immediately, without pause, i presume they’re too f*cking lazy to parse phonemes nor to respect communication as mutual effort, and move on to a better use of my time…
…i have absolutely no problem repeating myself for people who make a sincere effort at listening, which every one of my hearing-impaired friends do, including myself…people who interrupt with a ‘huh?’ mid-sentence, without even a moment to parse what they’ve heard, i reciprocate with exactly the same effort they commit to the conversation…
…social mooches are a boorish burden upon everyone around them…
Sometimes I just take half a second longer to process what I heard, which forces me to say “can you repeat that” immediately after they talked, only to them finally have a response. It’s not cause I hate you, it’s cause I’m dumb or some shit that idk why it’s causing it. It was really bad for me in middle school, I used to joke with my friends I’m partially deaf or smth. So like please don’t be an ass, if I did wanna hear you I’d just be like “cool I guess.”
My general guide on this:
If you didn’t hear me the first time, I assume it’s 100% my fault.
If you didn’t hear me the second time, I assume it’s 50% my fault.
If you didn’t hear me the third time or there after, I assume it’s 100% your fault.
…if someone asks me to repeat myself immediately, without pause, i presume they’re too f*cking lazy to parse phonemes nor to respect communication as mutual effort, and move on to a better use of my time…
or have a hearing disorder. congratulations on exposing yourself.
…i have absolutely no problem repeating myself for people who make a sincere effort at listening, which every one of my hearing-impaired friends do, including myself…people who interrupt with a ‘huh?’ mid-sentence, without even a moment to parse what they’ve heard, i reciprocate with exactly the same effort they commit to the conversation…
…social mooches are a boorish burden upon everyone around them…
Sometimes I just take half a second longer to process what I heard, which forces me to say “can you repeat that” immediately after they talked, only to them finally have a response. It’s not cause I hate you, it’s cause I’m dumb or some shit that idk why it’s causing it. It was really bad for me in middle school, I used to joke with my friends I’m partially deaf or smth. So like please don’t be an ass, if I did wanna hear you I’d just be like “cool I guess.”