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Most people do not seem to mind, and I usually try to avoid cutting people off as much as possible; even if that means I have to be like "hold on, did you mean
by packetlost 4y ago
Most people do not seem to mind, and I usually try to avoid cutting people off as much as possible; even if that means I have to be like "hold on, did you mean xyz?" as they start the next sentence/topic. Usually works out pretty well.
On that note, asking a clarifying question in the form of a statement of your current understanding of something is IME the best way to come to an understanding of complex discussion.
- borski 4y agoI agree with this, fwiw, and do this too. Interrupting is often also a tactic for keeping me engaged, given the ADHD. My advice in the above comment is meant for tangential interruptions rather than clarifying interruptions. My brain is a stack, and most people are queues, so if I don’t write it down, I have already forgotten it; but that’s only really important for interruptions that lead to tangents.
- int3 4y agoI'm skeptical that most people's short-term memory is queue-like. More likely that they are better at remembering earlier stack entries, or that they are simply less neurotic when forgetting about them.
- borski 4y agoThat hasn’t been my experience. Most people around me seem to have mental checklists, and new things get added to the bottom of those checklists, not the top.