• @AllonzeeLV
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      1111 months ago

      I get this a lot as a tall person:

      “You startled me!”

      “Yeah I tend to have that effect on people.”

      • @EmpathicVagrant
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        1011 months ago

        As someone with a broken anxiety response, you could be a gentle sloth and still startle me

      • @[email protected]
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        411 months ago

        As a tall person, I quiet my footsteps when approaching someone because I get a kick out of startling people.

        My favorite is when I enter a room as someone who was in there alone is walking away from the door, so that by the time they reach the other side and turn around, I’m right behind them.

        • @AllonzeeLV
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          211 months ago

          I do the same! I feel seen friend.

    • @samus12345
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      711 months ago

      Except most people aren’t self-aware enough to know they’re disturbing you.