Over-talkers

Humans classify things. We excel at it. We like to take all of our stimuli and file it away in a familiar 'bucket' of like things.

 

Today's post is about one of my little buckets. I call this class of people over-talkers, and it's quite possible you've run into one in the wild. But, in case you haven't, let me walk you through the common characteristics and traits so you'll be able to classify them properly if you ever meet one.

 

Your conversation will start out quite normally. It seems as though you're talking to a normal person. However, at some point in the conversation the over-talker either has a strong opinion about something, has something they deem extremely important to share, or you just inadvertently talked shit about their favorite Pokemon (or Nascar driver, or football player, or whatever-the-fuck that they care about). At this point, the conversation takes a weird turn, because the over-talker now cannot be stopped.

 

They continue talking, even though words are currently coming out of your mouth. As if in answer to this weird turn of events, they up the volume and intensity of the words falling out of their mouth.

 

And before you suggest that this situation is pretty normal in a debate, here's the curveball: the over-talker does this even in normal conversations. That's what sets them apart. What are you talking about? The drive in to work? Yep, they'll talk over you. What you had for breakfast? Yep, they'll talk over that to. Something else en-YES, THEY'LL TALK OVER YOU BECAUSE FUCK YOU MAJOR IMPORTANT SHIT HERE.

 

For fun, you can play little games, just to see what level they're on. Like, are they a newb over-talker just trying it out, or are they a hard-core level 90 over-talking warlord? For example, without raising your voice or appearing inconvenienced at all, just keep talking. It's fucking hilarious.