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i just realised i might have an instinctive need to "yes, and". (feddit.nu)
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i think i compulsively "remix" things. not in a musical sense, but in a conversational one. it doesn't feel to me like it's enough to just react: if i send a meme to a friend, they will usually respond with an emoji, but when they send something to me i feel this... pull to continue the conversation. the original joke is not enough, it needs to be riffed on. if i can't think of a witty comment for the thing, i often do not respond at all until i've thought of something.

what's more, when i meet someone in real life whose response to a thing is just confirming the meme/reference out loud, i get annoyed. i'm fine with it in text form (it's always fun to imagine someone chuckling looking at their phone), but when i make an allusion to a reference and someone goes "ah, " i feel like the conversation has just stalled. it makes me feel like i'm in the big bang theory and i have to pause for the laugh track. for some reason band kids do this a lot, don't ask me why.

is this... weird? i feel like it's weird.

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[–] teft@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Join an improv group. That's like their whole thing.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_and_...

[–] lime@feddit.nu 1 points 1 day ago

everything i see about improv groups is usually forced improv, where the "yes and" is taken literally (as in added to every sentence) and it's really cringe-inducing.

also it's not really a thing here.