it's a bad habit that i try hard to avoid falling into, so it really jumps out at me when i hear it. ...and in that video, i heard it A LOT!D.o.S. wrote:I talk like that sometimes. I, like, try not to, but, like, it's hard to avoid if you're constantly trying to compare things to other things.
it always sounds a bit like self-sabotage to me. as if the speaker is subconsciously de-legitimizing what they are saying...or at least distancing themselves from it.