I feel personally attacked by my own prompt so, hopefully nobody else gets offended by this lol

Using the word “like” repeatedly in a single sentence as nothing but filler…….is honestly exhausting both listening to and doing myself. To me, the overuse of this word is on just about the same level as somebody who heavily relies on cussing. The words are grating to the ears, and I cannot help but zone out when I am conversing with someone with this language.

I understand people that may not be as well-spoken or articulate, I am one of those people. However, you have to realize, this habit is not helping you in the slightest lol in fact, I would call it a hinderance. I mean think about it, in that one episode of SpongeBob where he goes to Glove World; He gets stranded at Rock Bottom and has to wait for the bus back to civilization. While there, he encounters the unique locale of which converse blowing raspberries after just about each word. It was used as a funny quirk in the episode, but I cannot remember the exact conversation SpongeBob had with these characters. Due to their thoughts being broken up by the raspberries. The same thing happens with the “like” crowd. The repetitious words are the ones you remember the most, drowning out the actual meat of the conversation. Making, the person come off as less intelligent.

Again, I hope nobody feels attacked by this post, I just know that no change can happen without a little bit of effort. It is even more difficult when the muscle memory component comes into play as well. If you feel the need to gather your thoughts in order to finish what you are saying, just take a moment to stop and pause, letting your brain catch up. I just think communication would be a whole lot more effective and enjoyable if we could cut out all the filler words within our speech.