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Don't worry, that happens when the person you're talking to never knows when to shut the hell up so other people can get a word in.
I work with people like this. They’re not interested in a conversation, only talking at you.
Everyone in my engineering department is neurospicy and we keep having quick conversations where we interrupt each other. It's glorious. It's like when somebody knocks all the crap off the table to point at a heist map, only for a second and third person to do the same thing.
Ooh, I don’t know about that. Maybe if everyone’s on the same page. ND can’t help but interrupt, but really dislike being interrupted. I gotta finish my thought sometimes.
I love those people. I get to just sit there and absorb some interesting information about someone else's life with no expectation of contributing anything myself.