I was listening to an episode of Behind the Bastards about the slave labor used by Volkswagen in the 1970s and 1980s and this fact came up. Here’s the relevant Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil
Excerpt:
Out of the 12 million Africans who were forcibly brought to the New World, approximately 5.5 million were brought to Brazil between 1540 and the 1860s.
I used to love Behind the Bastards until Robert started saying “Right?” at the end of each fucking sentence. Right? So here’s what happened, bla bla bla. Right? Right? RIGHT?!
It gets so fucking jarring that I can’t listen to it anymore. I want to reach out through email and slap his face or something, see if he can get unstuck somehow.
I never noticed that and now I fear that’s all I’ll hear …
Right!?
I’m so sorry. 🙏
I completely get that. I stopped watching a YouTube channel I liked because the host said “genuinely” way too much lol
I am exceedingly harsh in YouTube comments on channels that do this. I feel like an asshole, because I am, but at the same time, someone’s gotta say your breath stinks and have a mint, you feel me.
“Legitimately,” reporting for duty. It’s just so damned useful. Also, “indeed.”
When people overuse stuff like that it makes me think…should I not trust you if you don’t say it? Like are your default statements illegitimate which is why you feel the need to stress that THIS statement is real?
Obviously people don’t mean it like that, it’s just a dumb quirk in my brain making me annoyed by it. I even get annoyed by some of my own linguistic habits
THAT’S WHAT’S BOTHERING ME! It’s so servile. It’s like, no confidence. Tell us, don’t ask. You’re the story teller, so tell the fucking story like. The story is good, no need to convince me further.
If anything it’s probably overcompensation. “Even if you ignore me, at least make sure you hear this point.”
Yeah, I almost didn’t continue with the podcast because of him. I struggle with him sometimes.