this post was submitted on 21 Jun 2023
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[–] [email protected] 35 points 1 year ago (2 children)

"I'm not sure we're on the same page with that concept."

[–] marcos 3 points 1 year ago

IMO only means "I disagree", and implies much more a difference of values than of cognitive capacity.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 year ago (2 children)

“This is counter to my current understanding”

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This is excellent, enjoy your Lemmy Gold!

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago

Thank u so far I am enjoying it.

[–] marcos 7 points 1 year ago

There is also the "I don't follow your logic" humblebrag.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

Have you tried looking at it from a different perspective?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

"Yeah, I don't know about that"

[–] isdfoa 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When it sounds stupid but idgaf: Sounds good!

When it sounds stupid and igaf: thanks for bringing up that point! Definitely I agree with what you're saying, but don't think it really applies here cause... As I mentioned yesterday... Sorry if I wasn't super clear before but...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

We need alignment on x or y will suffer.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

That's not a bad idea. However, I would propose a few small improvements to - completely different plan follows

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

“That certainly sounds very … courageous”

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

Understandable. Have a nice day

[–] germtm_ 4 points 1 year ago

sound like you have implicated a whole lot of mental gymnastics for that.

[–] IndependentRanger 4 points 1 year ago

I'm sorry, this is going to sound ignorant. It sounds like there is more to this than it first seems. Go silent and wait

My go to at work

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

It doesn't translate fully to English, but I always like this one: "Have you considered giving your studies another chance?"

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Perhaps you should all try seeing this from a different angle.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Just smile and nod slowly..

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Smile and wave boys!

Smile and wave…

[–] lhx 2 points 1 year ago

"That's not a reasonable [opinion/position/take/xyz] and is going to [cost us money/make us look bad/blow up in our face/etc]."

[–] Duchess 1 points 1 year ago

i hhhhhhaaaaaate corporate speak. it's the biggest reason i fuck up at interviews. just say what you mean.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

"There is a large juxtaposition between expectation and result." Once used that when asked to give feedback on a store manager when I was a security guard.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The gate is down, but the train isn't coming..

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Too mild, i need something stronger.