A poll about your online presence.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man

I've studied and assessed the problem for me in real life. In real life, if there's a group of people talking, I don't want to interrupt, so when someone finishes talking, I'll wait a beat or two before saying something to be polite. But other people seem to understand the exact instant that Person 1 stops talking and they'll jump in immediately. So I'll wait until Person 2 stops talking and will try to give them an extra beat or two to be sure that they're done, but by then Person 3 is already talking. So I pretty much just stand there and don't say anything, whereas on the internet we can all talk simultaneously so it's not an issue.

In real life, my post above would've been "I've stu-" and then I would stop talking because the next post after me would've already started talking.

I have a colleague that is the same way. Sometimes after he's been inturrupted a few times I'll break into the conversation and ask "Max, what were you going to say?" For an unreasonable fee, I'd be willing to provide this same service to you.