This (arguably unhelpful) phrase seems to be taught across schools all over the world. What are some other phrases like this that are common ?

      • ianovic69@feddit.uk
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        3 months ago

        Interesting. If you focus on your internal dialogue, that’s really the same thing except it’s saying (or singing) something external.

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        3 months ago

        I’ve been hearing the Donkey Kong song in my head for the last 6 hours. If you know how to make it stop, I’m all ears.

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          3 months ago

          Things tend to linger when we don’t understand them or didn’t initially hear them well

          We reprocess them until they make sense

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      3 months ago

      I’ve never seen it with the x equals up front. It works much better when it starts with -b.