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Originally Posted by mr dave
In that case you might want to keep this Mark Twain quote close to you.
"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt"
That's not a matter of self censorship or oversensitive courtesy. It's a reflection of personal discipline and an ability to read others. Time and place for everything, if you're not absolutely sure it's time, then it isn't.
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Yeah that's my usual approach but often that means an entire evening spent completely mute. I have real issues in reading other people especially in complex, chaotic social interactions where there is a lot going on. It takes a lot of concentrated effort for me to simply follow a conversation when there is a lot of background noise. Sometimes I get tired of the effort and just have a "****-it" moment and put something out there without the usual consideration. Mostly I regret it immediately
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Not that what I say is generally offensive. Just that not many people know where I am coming from even after my attempts to explain myself.