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.
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.”