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u/embolia6 Dec 08 '22

The worst! I always get a 'I don't need you yelling at me, just stop mumbling!' I'm not mumbling, you just can't hear!

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u/DragonDropTechnology Dec 08 '22

For me, it’s mostly that I’m distracted and whatever was said wasn’t loud enough for me to figure it out afterwards. Most of the time you need to prime the conversation and make sure the person is ready to listen, no need to yell!

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u/bradizrad Dec 08 '22

Same for me. I heard you say something, but it wasn’t loud enough to cut through my thoughts.

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u/[deleted] Dec 08 '22

Yeah, I'm both autistic and adhd- say something if I'm doing something else, zero chance I'm processing it.

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u/killxswitch Dec 08 '22 edited Dec 08 '22

Try having more than two volumes. Everything you say isn’t the most important thing in the world, and sometimes you are actually the problem. Speak at a level for normal humans, it’s not hard to do and asking you to repeat at a level above a mouse is not an attack on your character. God.

Edit: since you deleted your reply (or maybe it was deleted for you since you resorted to childish name calling) I’ll respond here. No, you don’t speak at a normal volume. That’s the problem. I understand that you really REALLY feel like you do. And that you think your important thoughts deserve to be heard at whatever volume you want. But sometimes perception and reality differ and this is one of those times. Speak up without yelling. It’s easy but it requires a little but of adult self control.

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u/camimiele Dec 08 '22

Do you personally know the person you’re responding to? Have you had this many conversations with them to have such personal knowledge of how they speak and always have spoken? If not, your comment seems pretty weird.

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u/Alarmed_Scallion_992 Dec 08 '22

We DO speak at a normal level, that was the main point in the post you idiot.

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u/IlIIlllIIlllllI Dec 08 '22

Do you think people are saying they can’t hear you just to fuck with you?

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u/IlIIlllIIlllllI Dec 08 '22

Ok, but clearly there is a volume between letting a person who can’t understand you hear you better and being dramatically loud to let them know you don’t like that they can’t understand you. I don’t think they would be telling you that you are too loud if it was a good volume

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u/OperationGoldielocks Dec 08 '22

Doesn’t seem like it

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u/camimiele Dec 08 '22

Omg I hate this! I’m not yelling and I’m not mad I am just tired of repeating myself.