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75 sats \ 2 replies \ @unschooled 22 Jul \ on: When everyone's wearing earbuds, nobody's listening or talking alter_native
it reminds me of myself, except that i was the kid with my nose in a book. on long car rides id seek my escape.
my father didnt care that i seemed to be concentrating (or otherwise didnt notice) and would chat my ear off anyway.
i would get annoyed, but then the book would always be there when i found my moment's solitude.
id say be like my dad and just talk to them. these things are usually escapes from reality and anyone worth your time of day to talk to will see the value in being your irl interlocutor.
or, you can go the tinfoil-hatter route and tell them the radiation is frying their brain.
Yeah, I was a huge, huge bookworm myself.
This feels different, though. Especially since...oftentimes, they literally can't hear you. To start a conversation, you have to wave your hand in front of their face, and they have to take out their earbuds.
I've actually done something like that. I just kind of stood in front of someone (at the coworking space) who was eating lunch, alone, looking at his phone with earbuds in. And, after taking out his earbuds, he seemed honestly grateful that someone wanted to talk to him.
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after taking out his earbuds, he seemed honestly grateful that someone wanted to talk to him.
interesting! i would hope that that's a typical response.
scorsby has a good point though--you dont want to interrupt a conversation someone is having.
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