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That's good because the cultural norm of automatically repeating comes from the expectation that the other person will interrupt once they have something to say.

Actually, repeaters might have it right - not even once in memory has someone who failed to understand me said "I don't get it," after I finished talking, everyone just nods and says "mm-hmm." It would not be irrational to assume the listener didn't get it until being presented with evidence otherwise.



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