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this post was submitted on 11 Feb 2026
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You just understand how a conversation more easily progresses and get annoyed when others don't/don't make the appropriate efforts. I don't feel like it's weird, or negative at its core, but I do think it's important to remember not everyone is so aware and conversationally competent, and they're not doing it on purpose or necessarily because they don't care that much, but simply because they're ignorant. Idk. 🤷
i mean conversations are usually devoid of references, which is why i think it sticks out so much. if i'm in a reference-heavy conversation i'm most likely talking to them about a niche topic where knowledge of references, and therefore the basis of those references, is assumed. maybe i'm subconsciously judging them as "not in the know"?
this is obviously stream-of-conscience, but... am i mentally gatekeeping people?
perhaps, but it does feel like empty words in that case. that may be why people don't reciprocate.
well they do reciprocate in that they respond, but the conversation is not furthered which is what bothers me. it's like asking what someone's working on and them answering "stuff".