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postr/StutterAug 15, 2018
50 points

Does anyone else feel like there's not any awareness about stuttering?

Does anyone else feel like there's not any awareness about stuttering? Whenever I stutter and tell people about it they will almost always say "I stutter too." That is my biggest pet peeve. Anyone who...

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commentr/StutterAug 9, 2018
3 points

It's not about being *smart*. This has nothing to do with common sense, which I'm sure most of us have. It's about being broke, and friendless, and loveless, and destitute, and unable to connect with ...

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commentr/StutterAug 3, 2018
3 points

No one has pretty much said anything nice about it. People I meet usually ignore it and those who make fun of it does exactly that....

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postr/StutterAug 3, 2018
8 points

Question about a book I'm thinking of writing

Question about a book I'm thinking of writing Hey guys, I'm a covert (and sometimes not so covert) stutterer, and have been for pretty much all of my life. I'm 48 now, so that's a long time. ;) I'm a...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2018
3 points

Jesus the last two are depressing. The other ones are just a lack of understanding, but the last two are just straight up mean ...

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commentr/StutterJul 25, 2018
7 points

“Stop. Take a deep breath, know what you’re going to say first before you say it” From a boy at camp while I told him a joke, about stuttering. “Haha. Were you trying to rap?” During a business mee...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2018
3 points

My group of friends that I'm in have this happen to them as well, and they say "It's cause TheMumblyMumbler is here that I'm stuttering! Your stutter is contagious!"...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2018
19 points

Exactly. But then you would get the "it's only a joke!" response because every person who says it thinks they're being 100% original and hilarious. ...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2018
26 points

This makes me wanna explode whenever I hear it. No, I didn't forget my name. Just because I stutter doesn't mean I'm mentally retarded ...

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commentr/StutterJul 24, 2018
22 points

"It's because of hanging around you so much that I now stu-stutter too!..... Fuck!" ...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2018
4 points

A similar thing happened to me at a McDonalds drive through , although a bit more friendly. I was stuttering the word "um" several times, and eventually the woman behind the speaker said "sorry sir, w...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2018
1 points

> Reading comprehension dude. "My husband almost knocked a guy out at McDonalds tonight." "My husband jumped out of the car and went to the drive through and almost knocked the guy out." That's ...

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commentr/StutterJul 23, 2018
1 points

Who the fuck said I support accepting abuse? I think you're projecting. You know you could speak to the employee and a manager like a civilized person right?? If you can't, you got anger problems. ...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
1 points

Support or dont support whatever you want, but just casually accepting abuse is generally viewed as a negative trait, and not helpful to anyone. A “casual reference to violence” is an absurd thing to ...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
3 points

I recently got mocked in front of my friends and family at a restraunt ...it was so embarrassing and haven’t had anyone do that to me. Especially in front of everyone. I felt like such a joke. I am so...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
5 points

I was the straw that got a guy fired. At my last job. In my first week. I was talking with a coworker and stuttered and he mocked me similarly to how your drive thru person did you. When I confron...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
2 points

Ugh. I’ve been mocked like that so many times. It’s so annoying and just rude. How does someone like that work in a business that requires being nice? Like you weren’t being rude to him, you have a sp...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
2 points

You are mistaken. Everyone has a range of emotions: and does not have to be a dormat. And yes, making fun on one's wife's disability will provoke anger, and maybe a punch in the face. Yes, one punch w...

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
6 points

As far as i am concerned, stutter is a disability and laughing at someone's disability is not cool. I hope his tooth gets knocked out the next time he tries it....

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commentr/StutterJul 22, 2018
-5 points

First of all, nothing has been stated as of when I wrote my comment, for all I know op's husband could have hurt the employee, second of all I do not support such casual reference to beating people un...

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