When you don&#39;t understand a discussion

@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

I understand your point. But some of the users here take it otherwise and get annoyed

M.-L.

@MALUSE (69373)

• Germany

11 Mar 19

@amitkokiladitya Let them get annoyed. I must say, though, that this hasn't happened to me and I ask rather often what something means. I especially hate it when people use abbreviations nobody outside their country can know. These are the members who know nothing about the world and think that the whole world is exactly like the small part they know. Someone must open their eyes!

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

@MALUSE yes...but recently two people have blocked me

Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58493)

• Portugal

11 Mar 19

Sometimes it happens as I am not a native English speaker but I try to re-read it more carefully to understand it.

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Manuela Lopes

@nela13 (58493)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

@nela13 yes...and somwtimes even doing this does not help at all

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• 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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Pitstop

@pitstop (13727)

• Australia

11 Mar 19

If I don't understand it I usually just skip it. Like you, I occasionally read the replies to get an idea.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• 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

@pitstop (13727)

• Australia

11 Mar 19

@amitkokiladitya it shouldn't be a waste of time.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

@pitstop yes....that is a big point for sure

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Oshy

@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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

Yes..sometimes it is really hard to figure out what?

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Jo Ann

@akalinus (43142)

• 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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Jo Ann

@akalinus (43142)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

Yes..if the discussion is not clear most of the other comments are also absurb

@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

@KlyliePot take care

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Danna B.

@db20747 (43440)

• Washington, District Of Columbia

11 Mar 19

Just answer to what I think they are talking about!! Or just ask them "What are you talking about!!!

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

Yes...I do write that O did not understand sometimes. But not always

eileenleyva

@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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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

Haha...that is a true fact.

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Belle Starr (Iz)

@BelleStarr (61102)

• 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 (171928)

• 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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Alfredo Rossi

@amadeo (111938)

• United States

11 Mar 19

If I am confused on it.Then will study it and then make my comment

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

Sometimes I fail to understand even if I study it over and over again

John Roberts

@JohnRoberts (109846)

• Los Angeles, California

11 Mar 19

I just move on to the next post.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

That is the beat part of mylot. There is always a next

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jaishankar

@Shivram59 (34912)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

Yes..this is the best thing. I simply say that I did not understand

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

@Shivram59 that was good on her part that she explained it to you

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jaishankar

@Shivram59 (34912)

• 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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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87737)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

@arunima25 I guess so

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

Yes..even I prefer to stay awau

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Arunima Singh

@arunima25 (87737)

• Bangalore, India

13 Mar 19

@amitkokiladitya That is wise thing to do.

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Simone

@Janet357 (75646)

•

11 Mar 19

You are right here, the message seems to be unclear. But in my case, i dont like a one-line discussion or a very long one.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

Me too...I hate one liners and over lengthy posts

LowRiderX

@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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

Yes...there are some topics which we all skip just looking at the heading itself.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

@LowRiderX for me it is politics

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LowRiderX

@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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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (160491)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

This is a good way I guess. This will also help to keep the discussion up

@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

@KlyliePot good evening

yugocean

@yugocean (9963)

• India

11 Mar 19

If interested, I'll comment, if not, I'll leave.

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yugocean

@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 (171928)

• Agra, India

11 Mar 19

But what if you fail to understand even if the heading is very interesting

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

@yugocean haha..that is definitely a good way

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solxee

@sol_cee (38219)

• Philippines

13 Mar 19

Don't understand because of grammar or vocabulary inaccuracies? Or because the writer wrote a mini-series?

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

13 Mar 19

Mainly because the context goes over my head

Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (44420)

• 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 (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

I avoid private messages. If I know the person I ask him in the comment section

Anna

@AAichka (434)

• United Kingdom

11 Mar 19

I`ll rather skip the discussion.

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@amitkokiladitya (171928)

• Agra, India

12 Mar 19

That is the best thing to do I guess

Brenna

@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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