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[–] Anarki_@lemmy.blahaj.zone 32 points 4 days ago

Let's put this in the idea fridge and triangle back later.

[–] gastroglizzy@piefed.social 36 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I find that saying something like, "My ears seem to be moving faster than my brain today. Can we try this another time?" is a good way to indicate you're interested in learning what they're saying while acknowledging you're having a hard time comprehending it at that moment.

Most people understand that our brains shut off sometimes; "the lights are on, but nobody's home." Most people also know good and well when someone doesn't understand something. Acknowledging these human traits may be uncomfortable, but it's better than trying to lie to someone who knows better.

[–] crispbacon99@lemmy.zip 19 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Also auditory processing disorder

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago

I have to explain this one a lot when I go, "What? Oh, [answers question]" lol

[–] davidhun@lemmy.sdf.org 2 points 3 days ago

I'd like to be able to turn on closed captioning for in-person conversations.

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[–] Janx@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago

That's better. I usually go with, "I just pooped my pants, can we circle back?"

[–] melfie@lemmy.zip 6 points 3 days ago

Someone with ADHD when the other person re-explains something and they miss the re-explanation too because another thought popped into their head.

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 28 points 4 days ago (3 children)

My spouse has a host of health issues, including vision. We went to see a specialist once and I wasn't understanding what he meant when he referred to something in her eye as "jelly." So I asked him to explain. I finally gave up after about the fifth or sixth time he attempted with increasingly obvious irritation to explain using some variation of the same "it's the jelly" phrase - completely not getting that he needed to explain what "the jelly" was.

Sometimes it's not you, but them.

[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

I think what your wife is saying is that she wants to convince you that she wants a threesome with you and an ophthalmologist. She wants to bring him into the bedroom, and then handcuff you to a chair, and oh no! You can't do anything from the chair but watch! Now he's spreading peanut butter on her eye while you lick it off, and talking about the jelly. As you already know, the difference between the jelly and the jam, is he's going to take the jelly, and put it on her eye. He's going to take his dick, and jam it up her ass.

Also, your wife is maybe absolutely leaving you for someone who knows all about the jelly and the jam.

[–] Psaldorn@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Like.. vitreous humour? (If you want to go the other way.. eye filling?)

[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago

Technically, their comment was probably vitreous humour. tee hee hee

[–] ickplant@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago (1 children)

You know, the jelly!

wtf is that even 🤣

[–] WhoIzDisIz@lemmy.today 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I wish I knew. 🤷‍♀️

[–] cholesterol@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago

The eye is full of fluid like a water balloon, so maybe he was talking about all of that fluid ("jelly") in general? Not saying he did a good job explaining.

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[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago

Ah, I hate this shit. Add on top of that audio processing fun from ADHD and it is annoying as fuck. lol

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 9 points 4 days ago (1 children)

this me when puerto ricans explain stuff quickly in spanish to me

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

(I live in puerto rico as a transplant)

[–] kolmaskommentoija@sopuli.xyz 15 points 4 days ago (4 children)

How did your transition to a plant work? (Sorry, I could not resist.)

[–] desmosthenes@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

lolololol touché

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[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 3 days ago

I generally don't feel intellectually dumb. I do feel the "a doy" type thing where its like. Whats wrong with me that I missed that. I sometimes feel the world expects like to much compentence from me though. Like filling out applications so much stuff I have done but its like. You know I would have to sit down and sorta relearn anything specific really but doing so is going to go pretty quickly.

[–] boobookittyfrick@lemmy.zip 5 points 4 days ago
[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

All I can think when I see this emoticon is what I will probably reproduce poorly:

:-) (====3

:-O (====3

:-O==3

:-O3

:3

It ruined that emotion forever. Hopefully I have shared the pain. :)

[–] AltheaHunter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] daychilde@lemmy.world 5 points 4 days ago

I'm 51, and when I was growing up and a young adult, ";-)" was the same as ":-)" except you might use it to indicate even more that you were joking, not just a light-hearted reply or something. Somewhere along the way ";-)" gained a flirty meaning that was not there previously, which I learned after a few times where I made a silly joke that got interpreted with a naughty subtext because of that emoticon. Which was frustrating, but it's how language works. heh

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