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I've yet to see anything that can't be more clearly, unambiguously, and quickly expressed in text or perhaps with a picture.

If it's taking too long to type, my suggestion would be to get better at typing, or distill out the wheat from the chaff of what you're trying to say. That's what really drives me up the wall with speech - the information density is typically incredibly low, and too often people let noises tumble out of their face-holes without trying to piece together a coherent thought. I realize that's harsh, but I've lost patience for rambling, stream-of-conscience external monologues. Which promptly dissolve back into the hot air from whence they came, since there is not a readily reviewable, indexed, searchable record created automatically in the process of such bloviation.




I'm sure speaking that response vs. typing that would have taken a lot less time. ;)


A few minutes of "um, uh, ... rustling papers yes, I need uh, 20 of uhhhhh" vs a simple written message that's short, sweet and straight to the point?

Most phone conversations seem to be more of the former.




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