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by wizerdrobe 814 days ago
I’ve never personally been bothered by the ask-to-ask, the reality is I have a 100 WPM typing speed and “Sure, Whaddya got” is muscle memory at this point in life. Pleasantries and social oddities are just part of being a human after all.

What bothers me is the folks that ask-to-ask then go ghost for 15 minutes or more. You’ve captured my attention, please capitalize on it! If you’ve broken my concentration and walked away, _that_ is rude.
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sublinear 814 days ago
> You’ve captured my attention, please capitalize on it! If you’ve broken my concentration and walked away, _that_ is rude.

I'd venture to say that's probably caused by a chaotic mess on their end. I don't take this as a judgement of their character unless someone else from their side of the house who is a sibling on the org chart is more disciplined to not do this to me.

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squigz 814 days ago
I don't think the point is effort per se, but rather distractions and context-switching.

(Pretty sure most of us can type at or above that speed :)

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