At the risk of explaining the obvious, that’s the point. It’s how people feign interest in others in order to maintain a socially acceptable level of friendship. The point of the meme isn’t the words being used but their frequency. Basically, if you get THIS many dangs and yups in a row without a single actual question, that’s a pretty clear hint the other person isn’t actually THAT interested in your story but doesn’t want to risk offending you by forcefully cutting you off.
Someone who’s actually interested will ask you relevant questions. Dangs and yups are just encouragement to help you unburden yourself of your thoughts without them needing to take ownership for them.
Nonono, they are just stun by my amazing story telling! Just like that one time when I met that senior at Walmart and he like told me the story of a friends wedding and that was actually on a sunny Saturday, which by the way is my favourite day, since I was like in eighth grade. Man that was a wild time…
In all seriousness, thank you for explaining a side of the meme that wasn’t obvious to me.
To me, all of these (except for the “yup”) sound as if you are very interested. Depending on the intonation of course.
At the risk of explaining the obvious, that’s the point. It’s how people feign interest in others in order to maintain a socially acceptable level of friendship. The point of the meme isn’t the words being used but their frequency. Basically, if you get THIS many dangs and yups in a row without a single actual question, that’s a pretty clear hint the other person isn’t actually THAT interested in your story but doesn’t want to risk offending you by forcefully cutting you off.
Someone who’s actually interested will ask you relevant questions. Dangs and yups are just encouragement to help you unburden yourself of your thoughts without them needing to take ownership for them.
Yup
Dang
Nonono, they are just stun by my amazing story telling! Just like that one time when I met that senior at Walmart and he like told me the story of a friends wedding and that was actually on a sunny Saturday, which by the way is my favourite day, since I was like in eighth grade. Man that was a wild time…
In all seriousness, thank you for explaining a side of the meme that wasn’t obvious to me.
You’re welcome. Honestly, that’s a lesson that took me a really long time to learn, so I hope you do get some good mileage out of it. Godspeed!