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[–] [email protected] 111 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (2 children)

"No offense, but..."

[Offends]

[–] [email protected] 30 points 11 months ago (1 children)

"Needless to say,..."

[Says it anyway]

[–] [email protected] 19 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I like the idea of people saying "Needless to say..." and then just ending their sentence, leaving you wondering what they planned to say.

[–] captain_aggravated 13 points 11 months ago

That's a fantastic joke from Futurama. At Farnsworth's...roast?...Bender steps to the podium and says "And now, a man who needs no introduction, " and walks off.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm sitting here for 16 hours now wondering about what you wanted to say!

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

Needless to say I know it neither

[–] [email protected] 20 points 11 months ago

"I don't wanna talk about it..."

[Proceeds to talk about it for 15 straight minutes]

[–] [email protected] 69 points 11 months ago (5 children)

What will happen if you reply just "ok"?

[–] [email protected] 27 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 13 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] MelastSB 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Just on him, or also on his cow?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 11 months ago

On his whole house!

[–] [email protected] 8 points 11 months ago

I prefer a thumbs up.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Nah just respond with this lol

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 35 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Well, it says “i’m speechless” not “i’m lost for words”. 😀

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Now I imagine them just writing an incoherent string of words. "Tomato car house fireman oven duck garden rice..."

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago

Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

United Sheesh of Americas.

The list can go on as long as you want it to. :-P

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago

Don’t try to guess my password.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Isn’t that a classic too? As in your mouth runs off and your brain trails behind. Later you ask yourself wtf you just said. I hate when that happens, especially during job interviews.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Interesting what kind of distinction do you draw between speech and words? 🤔

[–] [email protected] 22 points 11 months ago (3 children)

I'm sitting here in complete silence typing this comment out, I'm not using my speech. I am however using written words.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Technically you aren't using written words, but typed ones. Unless you are using some written-to-ocr system, but the end result is the same.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

Perfect answer. 🙂

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 months ago

"That's right, use words!"

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

FiskFisk33 already answered it. It’s about speaking vs. writing/ using language.

On a serious note (and thereby killing the joke completely): doesn’t everyone know the situation where you can’t get the word out that may be very well in your head?

[–] [email protected] 17 points 11 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

So they're right! Speechless

[–] [email protected] 15 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'm trying to be ironic, but this is unironically irony.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

You forgot the /s at the end.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 months ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

The scandal

[–] [email protected] 5 points 11 months ago

reminds me of the super best friends speech from south park back in the day

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

I mean how would I know what I think if I can't ~~hear what I'm saying~~ read what I'm writing?