this post was submitted on 12 Jan 2024
1136 points (98.1% liked)

memes

16850 readers
3330 users here now

Community rules

1. Be civilNo trolling, bigotry or other insulting / annoying behaviour

2. No politicsThis is non-politics community. For political memes please go to [email protected]

3. No recent repostsCheck for reposts when posting a meme, you can only repost after 1 month

4. No botsNo bots without the express approval of the mods or the admins

5. No Spam/Ads/AI SlopNo advertisements or spam. This is an instance rule and the only way to live. We also consider AI slop to be spam in this community and is subject to removal.

A collection of some classic Lemmy memes for your enjoyment

Sister communities

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
[email protected]
[email protected]
[email protected]
1136
Let me load it (lemm.ee)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
98 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] [email protected] 45 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sometimes it's because their brain wasn't set to receiving mode.

If someone says "hey" or my name before starting a sentence, I am paying attention. When they just start talking without doing that, I tend to miss the first part of the sentence.

Then I'm like "huh?". And sometimes I'm able to guess what they meant. Other times, not so much.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I like the Arabic word "ya" that can functions as an extra attention-grabber when referring to someone

So instead of

NaoPb, can you bring me the screwdriver? you say ya NaoPb, can you bring me the screwdriver?

so the word "ya" prepares your brain to recieve a name of a referrant, and if that name is your name then your brain then pays full athention

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kinda like yo

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 years ago

Or "hey" or "oi" or "INITIATING HUMAN SPEECH PROTOCOL"