When you don't understand a discussion
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
Agra, India
March 11, 2019 6:16am CST
There are times when we don't understand what the person actually wants to say. This is normal and all of us come across one or more such posts daily. What do you do when you encounter such a discussio?
I usually read a few comments to figure out what the discussion holds . Do you just switch over to the nest discussion?
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@nela13 (58710)
• Portugal
12 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya yes, in that case I read the comments trying to figure out what the discussion is about.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
@nela13 yes...and somwtimes even doing this does not help at all
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Yes...that can be a problem sometimes. But some people really turn things upsode down when writing a post
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@akalinus (43366)
• United States
11 Mar 19
I saw one yesterday that just boggled my mind. The writer was very upset about something, no idea what. I just simpy stated that I hope he has good luck with whatever it is and that I really don't understand. From the comments, I saw that I was not the only one who was mystified.
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@akalinus (43366)
• United States
12 Mar 19
@KlyliePot Sometimes, someone writes something and don't realize that others don't have any idea what they are talking about. They need to explain it better.
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Yes..if the discussion is not clear most of the other comments are also absurb
@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
Yes...but there are times when I'm still left confused and I move on then
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@pitstop (14129)
• Australia
11 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya it shouldn't be a waste of time.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
@pitstop yes....that is a big point for sure
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
11 Mar 19
If I dont understand I try to decipher it best I can.
If not I wont comment on it.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Yes..sometimes it is really hard to figure out what?
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@BelleStarr (61101)
• United States
11 Mar 19
I usually move on to another discussion. Depends on whether it is someone I know quite well
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
Yes.if the person is well known to me I always give it a second chance
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Yes...I do write that O did not understand sometimes. But not always
@eileenleyva (27560)
• Philippines
11 Mar 19
Senseless and shallow posts are causes of migraine. Do not attempt to make sense. Leave the post and you will be saved from headaches.
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@yugocean (9963)
• India
13 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya Then I'll post whatever I like.
After that it will depend on creator's behave.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
13 Mar 19
@yugocean haha..that is definitely a good way
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
But what if you fail to understand even if the heading is very interesting
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Sometimes I fail to understand even if I study it over and over again
@JohnRoberts (109846)
• Los Angeles, California
11 Mar 19
I just move on to the next post.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
That is the beat part of mylot. There is always a next
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@Shivram59 (36601)
• India
13 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya Usually I don't respond to such posts,but sometimes I directly ask the initiator of the discussion what they want to say.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
13 Mar 19
Yes..this is the best thing. I simply say that I did not understand
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
13 Mar 19
@Shivram59 that was good on her part that she explained it to you
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@Shivram59 (36601)
• India
13 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya Months ago I had a friend from USA on mylot.Sometimes I fail to understand her posts.Then I used to ask him clearly what she wanted to say.
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
12 Mar 19
Even I try to read a few comments to figure out. But if it is still not clear to me or something which is alien to me, I refrain from responding.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
13 Mar 19
Yes..even I prefer to stay awau
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@arunima25 (87854)
• Bangalore, India
13 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya That is wise thing to do.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
11 Mar 19
I do the same. Sometimes, if it's a topic I do not know enough, I'm unfortunately skipping, and there are topics that I really don't care about, I skip them too
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
Yes...there are some topics which we all skip just looking at the heading itself.
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
12 Mar 19
@amitkokiladitya
Music groups, politics, some internal topics known only to people in certain areas, I do not know what I could really comment on here
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
@LowRiderX for me it is politics
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@GardenGerty (160998)
• United States
12 Mar 19
I think it is good you read some responses to get a feel for things in the discussion. The other thing I have done is to say something like this to the poster "I am understanding that you are talking about such and such. Please let me know if I am wrong."
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
This is a good way I guess. This will also help to keep the discussion up
@1hopefulman (45120)
• Canada
11 Mar 19
Yes, I also read the comments to figure things out.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
11 Mar 19
Yes...and sometimes even doing this does not help
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@lovebuglena (44733)
• Staten Island, New York
11 Mar 19
If you find a discussion confusing you should ask the author what he/she is trying to say. I do that sometimes. If you are not comfortable doing that in the comments you can always private message the person...
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
I avoid private messages. If I know the person I ask him in the comment section
@isweartokira (3460)
• United States
11 Mar 19
I've been skipping plenty of discussions. not because I don't understand but because I just have nothing to add. I'll like the discussion and move on to the next.
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@amitkokiladitya (171927)
• Agra, India
12 Mar 19
That can be a reason. Of I understand the discussion I do post something relevant atleast
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