this post was submitted on 26 Oct 2023
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[–] jet@hackertalks.com 33 points 1 year ago (2 children)

thats 99% of all the conversations ive ever had

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I get this a lot as a tall person:

"You startled me!"

"Yeah I tend to have that effect on people."

[–] EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago

As someone with a broken anxiety response, you could be a gentle sloth and still startle me

[–] Sotuanduso@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a tall person, I quiet my footsteps when approaching someone because I get a kick out of startling people.

My favorite is when I enter a room as someone who was in there alone is walking away from the door, so that by the time they reach the other side and turn around, I'm right behind them.

[–] AllonzeeLV@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I do the same! I feel seen friend.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Except most people aren't self-aware enough to know they're disturbing you.

[–] UlfKirsten@feddit.de 2 points 1 year ago

People should walk into traffic more