• Andy@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    At that point, I’ll just say, “I’m sorry, I’m partially deaf. Could you say that again very loudly or in different words?”

    It’s a whole new world.

  • Squirrel@thelemmy.club
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    1 year ago

    My wife… I ask “what?” and she repeats either just the subject, or the sentence without the subject – never the full sentence.

    “We still need to pack for our trip.”

    “What?”

    “Our trip!”

    What about it?

    • UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      I have to do this too at times with my dad. He’ll come bursting into my office like the Kool Aid man and ask me something completely random and I tell him point blank I have no idea what he’s talking about.

    • foggy@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      My girlfriend will just start talking about something we were talking about 6 weeks ago as though it’s still salient.

  • cocaineandnudity@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    I think the way I experience is quite awkward.

    I ask them to repeat what they said and then part way through them saying it again, my brain realises what it was first time so I end up agreeing with them while they’re still talking.

  • esadatari@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    nice try stone cold steve austin, we’re all onto your “what” gimmick! WE’VE SEEN IT BEFORE