• ddh@lemmy.sdf.org
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    2 days ago

    Understanding each others’ definitions is key to communication, so I’m with you on this one. I’ll often get accused of “you know what I meant!”, when I really didn’t and was honestly asking for clarification.

    Kids, don’t take ontology classes even if your friends say it’s cool.

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      1 day ago

      “you know what I meant!”

      This is why I’ve learned to repeat what I thought someone said back to them so they can confirm if they communicated it clearly or not.

      “Bring it to me.”

      "Which one? I see 5 of them here.

      “Oh, I meant the blue one.”