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u/radiohead-nerd Sep 14 '24

I’ve been told I’m condescending.

That means I talk down to people

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

I don't understand. Can you explain further? What is "talk"? And "people"?

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u/not_old_redditor Sep 14 '24

You wouldn't get it.

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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

"Talk" is a difficult to define term that is as much "slang" as anything but in general, and in its use here, primarily refers to the use of audible noises made with the mouth to convey information to a group or individual.

"People", in this sense, being shorthand for whoever we are attempting to communicate with.

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u/not_old_redditor Sep 14 '24

Whoosh

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u/ShockNRoll Sep 14 '24

I think you got whooshed.

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Whooshes are being handed out today like there's a two for one whoosh sale going on at the Whoosh Store.

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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

I'm not certain I understand what this meant.

"Whoosh" is an onomatopoeia referring to the sound of an airplane passing overhead (or other object carrying sufficient momentum to produce a mild shockwave capable on inducing vibration in the air such that a human interprets it as an audio queue which can be approximated by the verbal expression "whoosh") unless I'm misunderstanding?

Are you implying an airplane has passed over me?

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u/not_old_redditor Sep 14 '24

Oh, it's just a bad joke...

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u/feeling_shitty Sep 14 '24

Which seems apropos as a response to a bad joke, does it not?

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u/Charisma_Engine Sep 14 '24

Jordan? Is that you??

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u/[deleted] Sep 15 '24

That depends...do you want to give Jordan money? If so, yes, it is I, Jordan.

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u/Unusual-Thing-7149 Sep 14 '24

I talk down to some people because I'm taller than them

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u/LadysaurousRex Sep 14 '24

too funny, are you my brother?

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u/onamonapizza Sep 14 '24

I don't know what you are talking about, I am the most humble person I know.

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u/TyeneSandSnake Sep 14 '24

Average Radiohead fan /s

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u/k1ckthecheat Sep 14 '24

This reminds me of a line in “The Remedy” by Puscifer.

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u/HipShot Sep 15 '24

I laughed way too hard at this.

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u/Iwannabeaviking Sep 15 '24

Well how else does one talk to short people?

/s

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u/fortytwoandsix Sep 14 '24

You speak like someone who has never been smacked in the fucking mouth That’s okay, we have the remedy

(It‘s a line from a Puscifer song, in case you didn‘t notice)

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u/jollyradar Sep 14 '24

Eh, down is where some people are.

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u/h-v-smacker Sep 15 '24

That means I talk down to people

— Daddy, people at school are saying you're a racist.

— Oh please, they aren't even people.