“I’m not sure we’re on the same page with that concept.”
IMO only means “I disagree”, and implies much more a difference of values than of cognitive capacity.
“This is counter to my current understanding”
This is excellent, enjoy your Lemmy Gold!
Thank u so far I am enjoying it.
There is also the “I don’t follow your logic” humblebrag.
Have you tried looking at it from a different perspective?
That’s not a bad idea. However, I would propose a few small improvements to - completely different plan follows
We need alignment on x or y will suffer.
When it sounds stupid but idgaf: Sounds good!
When it sounds stupid and igaf: thanks for bringing up that point! Definitely I agree with what you’re saying, but don’t think it really applies here cause… As I mentioned yesterday… Sorry if I wasn’t super clear before but…
“Yeah, I don’t know about that”
“That certainly sounds very … courageous”
Understandable. Have a nice day
sound like you have implicated a whole lot of mental gymnastics for that.
I’m sorry, this is going to sound ignorant. It sounds like there is more to this than it first seems. Go silent and wait
My go to at work
Perhaps you should all try seeing this from a different angle.
Just smile and nod slowly…
Smile and wave boys!
Smile and wave…
It doesn’t translate fully to English, but I always like this one: “Have you considered giving your studies another chance?”
“That’s not a reasonable [opinion/position/take/xyz] and is going to [cost us money/make us look bad/blow up in our face/etc].”