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Does no one else just talk simultaneously? I only do this with friends I am familiar with, but it's quite efficient to respond to things in real time, without

• throwaway_au_1 4y ago
  A guy I used to work with would interrupt, start talking and continue talking while I was. Sometimes, I would continue for a few seconds in the hopes that it would prompt him to think "Whoops I just interrupted, I'll say 'oops sorry go on' now", but after several comical instances of us both speaking simultaneously for what felt like at least 10-20 seconds (probably only 5 realistically), I realised how ridiculous this was and I resigned to letting him interrupt. He was a great engineer and a good guy so I was happy to accommodate it rather than calling him out. Work contexts do interesting things to social dynamics.
• mcluck 4y ago
  This sounds like my own personal hell