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Avoid words like "obviously." What is obvious to me may not be obvious to another.
by jasonshaev 6y ago
Avoid words like "obviously." What is obvious to me may not be obvious to another.
- jlokier 6y agoCounterpoint for some situations. Sometimes it seems necessary to use words like "obviously" or "of course", otherwise a setting-up part of my explanation will be rebutted as condescending with "but that's obvious", and the rest, my actual point that follows, will be ignored. If I acknowledge that something is obvious to both of us, there's a chance that the listener won't think I'm being condescending and will instead give enough benefit of the doubt to keep listening until the conclusion.