> I'm not sure why that's more annoying that overhearing a face to face conversation That's because the brain is trying to fill in the missing part of the conv

> I'm not sure why that's more annoying that overhearing a face to face conversation That's because the brain is trying to fill in the missing part of the conversation, no matter what we want. See: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hearing-just-one-half-of-a-conversation-is-really-really-annoying-2657804/ https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/hearing-just-one-h...