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[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 51 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It’s kinda fun

I like it that

I love it when

It's funny that

It's interesting that

insufferably smug liberals can't seem to communicate without those fucking sentence starters.

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That's just how English speakers talk...

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

What am I speaking? I don't feel the need, or even the urge, to start sentences that way. ![I-was-saying](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/b5f78be7-d44d-46fe-b7a4-cacd375ef0ed.png "emoji I-was-saying")

[–] iridaniotter@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Not everyone, sorry. It's just a common pattern of speech.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 31 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It's common, yes, and it's grating to me. It's grating to me because it's generally used to mask emotional tone in a very tiresome "I'm totally not mad about whatever I'm about to say" ![smuglord](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/97a4a756-428f-4517-846a-1c810805ad28.png "emoji smuglord") way.

[–] Awoo@hexbear.net 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)

In the UK 90% of the population starts every declaration with "at the end of the day". You'd love it.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 19 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

![de-pain-threshold](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/7dfe98ca-e1d2-497b-8855-3c53066e58a6.png "emoji de-pain-threshold") Around where I live, "honestly" is how most sentences open and I fucking hate it.

[–] StalinwasaGryffindor@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Honestly I do this one so often myself ![ohnoes](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/9d5590b8-c1ae-488d-9efc-d7db54dce851.png "emoji 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

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 1 year ago

I used to say "honestly" a lot as a sentence opener too. It's like an ex-smoker that really hates smoking. ![yea](https://www.hexbear.net/pictrs/image/c8895c43-ab88-444a-a6d2-ece247ef60ff.png "emoji yea")

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

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.

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I am certain I have ways of talking (and writing) that have patterns of their own and repetitive phrasing, but my personal subjective experience is that people saying "honestly" out loud as a near-constant sentence opener makes people seem less honest and it annoys me.

[–] silent_water@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

embrace chaos and obsessively rewrite every sentence until you've removed all the unintentional repetition. or like be normal, or something.

[–] Wertheimer@hexbear.net 18 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you want to be really mad I found this one recently and thought of you. I'm sorry. It's peak Reddit brain, from someone who works in "loss prevention" at Target and is aghast that anyone would suggest that poverty is the ultimate cause of theft.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Target/comments/1636wi7/why_is_my_local_store_putting_everything_behind/jy1ypbs/

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 22 points 1 year ago

It’s almost like you’re a bot or lack comprehension skills.

ORC isn’t stealing food or toiletries. ORC is organized and systematic theft of merchandise for resell. Cosmetics, laundry detergent, razors, electronics, etc.

You telling me if we paid everyone more they wouldn’t steal an entire end cap of fragrance? Get a grip

WHY DID I CLICK THE LINK ![guts-pain](https://hexbear.net/pictrs/image/7ef97b15-651c-47ee-927d-8c9a79388f63.png "emoji guts-pain")

[–] privatized_sun@hexbear.net 6 points 1 year ago

Hilarious how the most AI generated bot-like freaks project their "Russian propaganda" Clinton ideology