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[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 50 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] someguy3@lemmy.ca 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] Decoy321@lemmy.world 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Nonsense, we're contributing to the conversation by confirming that we're listening.

[–] Azuth@lemmy.today 12 points 1 year ago

I've had some "oof"s hit harder for me than full conversations. Sometimes you just need to know the boys feel for you even if they're not saying anything.

[–] CaptainBlagbird@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago

This. Too many times people want to turn the conversation to themselves, when a lot of the time it is better to actively listen and/or let the talker vent.

[–] saltesc@lemmy.world 20 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 17 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

I know, right?

[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

In this thread: onomatopoeia

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

Also in this thread: Semantic satiation.

[–] NaoPb@eviltoast.org 2 points 1 year ago

You'd better not poeiaonamato.

[–] simple@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago

That's crazy...

[–] flipht@kbin.social 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I usually say oof when the conversation is a trainwreck I wouldn't want to contribute to.

[–] iHUNTcriminals@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Oof... Bruh, there's no natural rule saying we have to contribute to anything.

[–] MrJameGumb@lemmy.world 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] andrewrgross 8 points 1 year ago

They do. It's contextual, but very efficient.

[–] dephyre@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] Rolando@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago
[–] archchan@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

the comments here are giving me a stroke

[–] Pons_Aelius@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago
[–] TokenBoomer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago
[–] DavidGarcia@feddit.nl 4 points 1 year ago
[–] balderdash9@lemmy.zip 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] troglodytis@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago
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[–] jacktherippah@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Is there a word for a third/fourth wheel friend? You know, the one that always walks behind, the one that sits next to their two or four best friends in class, but just far enough so that the conversation either doesn't concern them, or they don't hear enough to contribute to it. Is that even common? Or is it just me?

[–] ElBarto@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago
[–] isthingoneventhis@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's not what you say, it's how you say it.

[–] artisanrox@kbin.social 2 points 1 year ago
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[–] AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago

Def guilty of this

[–] Selmafudd@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago
[–] Maeve@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

In the memes zine. Wah