# Why are you so quiet? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 3, 2010, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502 "2010-09-03T16:28:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/41 "2010-09-04T03:27:03Z")
What? I can’t hear you with my headphones on. Yes, you are supposed to tell I’m wearing them. They are wireless and covered by my hair, after all. ---
**Author:** ![Candyman74](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ad7895/32.png) [@Candyman74](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Candyman74)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/42 "2010-09-04T10:17:35Z")
I’m not quiet, I’m just far away. ---
**Author:** ![Richard\_Pearse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/richard_pearse/32/13144_2.png) [@Richard\_Pearse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Pearse)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 11:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/43 "2010-09-04T11:01:08Z")
I’m hoping you’ll go away and leave me in peace. ---
**Author:** ![Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mean_mr.mustard/32/3865_2.png) [@Mean\_Mr.Mustard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mean_Mr.Mustard)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/44 "2010-09-04T12:14:05Z")
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**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/45 "2010-09-04T21:20:26Z")
I had the microphone volume turned off. ---
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/46 "2010-09-04T21:25:20Z")
In parochial school you learned to sneak them out if you didn’t want to get hit by a nun. ---
**Author:** ![CrazyCatLady](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/dfb087/32.png) [@CrazyCatLady](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CrazyCatLady)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 9:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/47 "2010-09-04T21:25:27Z")
I’m hoping you’ll shut up and am trying to lead by example. Why won’t you take the hint? ---
**Author:** ![drpepper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/8baadc/32.png) [@drpepper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drpepper)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/48 "2010-09-04T22:15:04Z")
> [@Misery\_Loves\_Co](#): > > I’m figuring out how to get rid of the long bones. [Golf claps politely] ---
**Author:** ![Max\_the\_Immortal](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@Max\_the\_Immortal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_the_Immortal)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 10:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/49 "2010-09-04T22:36:53Z")
I’m a shy dude. I don’t talk much around people I don’t know, but I’m a real chatterbox around friends and family. ---
**Author:** ![Neptunian\_Slug](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ce7236/32.png) [@Neptunian\_Slug](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Neptunian_Slug)\ **Post date:** [September 4, 2010, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/50 "2010-09-04T22:37:52Z")
I am reading the Straight Dope on my phone. Now that you have my attention, what do you want to talk about? ---
**Author:** ![elfkin477](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/a9a28c/32.png) [@elfkin477](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elfkin477)\ **Post date:** [September 5, 2010, 5:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502/51 "2010-09-05T05:55:52Z")
Oh, I’m not particularly shy. I’m just thinking about something more interesting than what you’re talking about. Oh, God, are you _still_ talking? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-are-you-so-quiet/552502.md?page=2)