After attending several panels at last week’s Comic Con, I’m starting to cringe whenever anyone opens a question with the stalling phrase of “I was wondering…”
Yes, of course you were wondering. That’s why you asked the question, isn’t it? I understand that this linguistic tic is used in moments of anxiety, such as during public speaking, and especially when addressing someone you admire, but, um, I was wondering… why don’t we drop this extended filled pause to our questions and simply ask them directly?
And while we’re at it, if we could stop IT people from opening their answer to a question with “Basically…” that’d be just peachy.
Here’s what I wish about Comicon attendees: that they would stop taking pictures of the panels. There is nothing more boring than a photograph of a panel. Tom Cruise could buttfuck a hippo on the little tabletop, between the microphones, and the photos would still be boring.
My apologies if you have 300 photos of panels in your Flickr right now.
I wish! You should have seen the line for that hippo panel.