• Awoo [she/her]English
        23•1 year ago

        In the UK 90% of the population starts every declaration with “at the end of the day”. You’d love it.

          • StalinwasaGryffindor [he/him, comrade/them]English
            12•1 year ago

            Honestly I do this one so often myself ohnoes

            I have a tendency of seeing my conversations like a dialogue tree where I see all the ways what I’m saying could be confusing or upsetting so I’m constantly like softening/qualifying what I’m saying. It’s an attempt to ensure the exact meaning I’m trying to convey gets communicated without causing a distraction though upsetting people, but I’m not sure it works. I’ve been trying to notice these tics more to avoid the extra word count but obviously it’s still a struggle lol

          • silent_water [she/her]English
            5•1 year ago

            I’m trying to wrap my brain around this and struggling. I use it as a garnish to make whatever I’m about to say more empathetic, especially if it’s going to sound harsh without a little window dressing. I don’t understand how you can possibly sprinkle it into virtually every sentence. but I’m also someone who rewrites entire comments if I’ve backed myself into a corner and have to reuse a word so I probably just have very different kinds of neuroses.