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Oct 25, 2014 · Oftentimes when people say the obvious there’s a tendency to be sarcastic or dismissive. “No duh, it’s hot out.”. Stating the obvious can be viewed as a “bid” for connection. A bid is any attempt from one person to another for attention, affirmation, affection, or any other positive connection. If that bid is not met, over time it ...
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Aug 28, 2024 · 6. ‘You wouldn’t understand.’. Or it might be phrased like, “You wouldn’t get it” or “You don’t get it, do you?”. “These phrases imply that the person on the receiving end isn’t smart enough to figure something out or understand an experience that’s not their own,” Crain said.
- Kelsey Borresen
- Interruption/Talking Over another.
- Constantly Correcting others.
- Explaining Things to Others Before Asking If They Know Anything About it.
- “Sh!t Sandwiches.”
- Using Overly Familiar Nicknames Or Diminutives.
- Dismissing Or Demeaning Experiences They Haven’T Had personally.
- Offering Unsolicited Advice.
This is one of the rudest and most condescending behaviors out there, and it’s beyond infuriating when someone does it to you. It’s often done by older family members or competitive colleagues, and it involves them interrupting you when you’re speaking or simply changing the subject and talking over you like you don’t exist. Firstly, it implies tha...
This expands upon the previous example, because it usually involves interrupting someone mid-sentence. The one doing the correcting gets a kick out of the other person’s discomfort, since just about everyone experiences a blow to their self-confidence when it’s pointed out that they’ve made an error. We touched upon how people who condescend toward...
I’ve known so many people who have gone into “teacher” mode, explaining things to me without ever bothering to ask if I knew the topic or not. More often than not, people will assume that unless you talk about your knowledge of a subject on the regular, you don’t have a clue about it. Furthermore, they’ll assume that if you look or behave a certain...
These are also known as “compliment sandwiches,” which doesn’t encompass their true nature quite as well. Basically, it’s negative or critical feedback sandwiched between two compliments. Apparently, the goal in using this approach is to make the critique a bit more gentle and less harsh, but it ends up being incredibly condescending and demeaning ...
This touches upon calling subordinates things like “champ” or “honey,” but expands into referring to people by names other than those they use themselves. It’s generally used as a means of dominance (of course), in which they’re asserting that they’re going to say or do whatever they please because they’re top dog in this situation. Let’s say they ...
Let’s say someone is suffering from a debilitating headache and needs to go home from work. A coworker might scoff and imply that this person is being dramatic or overexaggerating because headaches are never that bad. Meanwhile, the one suffering it may have blackout or aura migraines that render them incapacitated for days at a time, but “whatever...
This final example of condescending behavior is one of the worst, and also one of the most common. Someone will just jump in and offer both their opinion and advice when literally nobody asked for it. They’ll speak with great authority about what everyone else should be doing, saying, choosing, wearing, eating, and so on, and then get incredibly of...
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Feb 23, 2024 · Gaslighting is when someone “tries to get another person or a group of people to question or doubt their own beliefs or their own reality,” explains Danielle Hairston, M.D., assistant ...
Feb 2, 2012 · There a running joke in mathematics that saying that a statement is "obvious" means: I know this "has to" be true, but don't feel like figuring out how to prove it. Reply. [-] orthonormal 13y60. When lecturing, saying the word "obvious" is a signal for the students to begin panicking and self-doubting.
Jun 18, 2023 · As a somewhat insulting noun, "Captain obvious" can be used for someone who is always stating the obvious. Prolixity can be used to describe someone who says too much. This may be applicable in some cases. In addition, Logorrhoea is a term with a similar meaning to prolixity although again the primary meaning is simply too much vs. stating the ...
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Oct 27, 2016 · They always say the problem is someone else.” —Darlene Ouimet. 2. Manipulative people do not understand the concept of boundaries. They are relentless in the pursuit of what they want and have ...
