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by cperrine 2187 days ago
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
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Can be shortened to “Hey! Listen!”
Not without loss of several significant subtextual channels: respect, clarity, and intent to name a few. Communication is a discipline; verbal shorthands like these are analogous to copy/paste laziness over thoughtful, intentional code.