Do you feel insulted when others "dumb things down" for you, thinking you won't understand them?
by 
Michelle 1994
ANSWERS: 18
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Sometimes, but I make it clear that I'm not an idiot.
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No, my brain hurts, I appreciate the break.
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Very
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Yes. If I don't understand I will ask questions.
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Kind of depends on the situation. Sometimes I just enjoy it.
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Yes I do. But I'll turn it around and speak over their head -- just for measure.
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Only if I know they're doing it. Maybe sometimes I'm too dumb to know they're dumbing things down.
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It makes me nauseous when a guy assumes that I'm an idiot. When I open my mouth and speak to him, oh how those tables turn. LOL +5
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As today's "mainstreamers'" egos and self-importance become more and more inflated, this will become more common!!!
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I think they are funny. Usually, it will be someone who has an IQ of squat. +5
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Not really. They only do it when I ask them to.
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It kind of amuses me.
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Not insulted, frustrated. I don't have time for it.
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my interested face looks like im retarded or somthing so people never think i understand them when i do. im actually quite a smart guy.
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Luckily itsw never happened. what annoyes me more is when you say a REALLY SIMPLE sentence and someone says "whats that mean" only one person so far has done it but he does it ALL THE TIME! LOL
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No. Waitaminute, did you dumb down the question so I could understand it?
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Depends on the subject. sometimes they have to dumb it down more than normal before I grasp it :P OTher times, I could take the words out of their mouth :)
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No, it's fine. All I have to do is ask a question or two and my level of understanding (high or low) will be apparent.
Mountain Momma 
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