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I ask because I caught myself being a huge hypocrite again.

I'm a millennial and I criticized a Gen Z friend for her constant use of the word 'lowkey.'

I then realized do I not do the same thing? I often say 'sorta' or 'kinda' when I do just mean I did the thing in the same way she uses 'lowkey.'

No, I didn't 'kinda' delete a guy's account at my stupid IT job. I DELETED HIS ACCOUNT! I didn't 'sorta' leave too late for work. I FUCKING LEFT LATE!

So I am a massive fucking hypocrite who needs to just let Gen Z chill and do what the want as I am the same flavor of asshole, but what about you?

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[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 4 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago) (1 children)

Yes, I definitely do. It's because my brain runs quite slowly, slower than I talk. So I often need to put in filler words to let my brain catch up. Or I repeat the same thing I just said but in a different way.

It's odd how the brain can kindof pre-load the mouth with a sentence, then while the sentence is playing, it hunts for the next sentence to cue. If the next sentence is not ready yet, then the mouth goes into autopilot. It puts in filler words to make the sentence longer, and loops back on other things I've already said.

[–] Aussiemandeus@aussie.zone 1 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I was always told when younger to make sure brain is engaged before opening mouth because i would get lost mid sentence if it wasn't planned out

[–] flubba86@lemmy.world 1 points 40 minutes ago

Yeah,I can relate. I've been recently starting to learn how to make my communication more concise, that helps with getting to the point, and not getting lost mid-sentence.