It grinds my gears when I state an opinion, meaning something that concerns me and only me, and somebody else feels the need to add on to it and negate everything I just said with the inclusion of what they believe?
For example:
Man, I love Snickers. It’s my favorite candy. The best!
Yeah, Snickers and Butterfinger are the best.
It’s not even about anyone asking for their input because let’s face it, who ever asks for anyone’s input? It’s the fact that they use your sentiments and latch theirs onto it in a way that seems like you agree. If I say I think Snickers is the best that means I think just Snickers is the best. It’s set in stone with me. I didn’t leave anything out, I didn’t forget to say Butterfinger. For you to say “yeah, and…” whatever you think measures up to what I’m saying just sullied my pure opinion. There wasn’t any indication that those feelings even belonged to you rather than you trying to correct my beliefs with yours. You could’ve just came out and said what you liked completely separate from my statement.
It would’ve went like this:
Man, I love Snickers. It’s my favorite candy. The best!
Mine too. I love Snickers. Snickers and Butterfinger.
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