Comment by ruphail (waseem-tesqie-1) on Which things were you surprised to learn are not metaphors? · 2024-11-24T20:14:16.885Z · LW · GW

"I didn't hear that" when people's low level processing fails to parse words someone said despite being perfectly able to receive the audio. not usually playing fool, in my experience

That’s why I appreciate a “hey” or some other initial phrase before someone starts speaking to me. It gets me ready to parse words. For some people I talk to if I start speaking without that, I’ll mostly get a “what did you say?”.