female classmate pauses for 5-7 seconds before responding to anything directed at her

[Gunter S]

is this normal by any social standards, or a mental handicap?

[dabbler]

not normal imo, i've seen people who do that and it's SO weird

[robyn]

maybe she actually thinks about what she's going to say before she says it

[Gunter S]

Originally Posted by robyn

maybe she actually thinks about what she's going to say before she says it

these are often yes or no questions. like, "have you done this section of the project yet"

[robyn]

maybe she's like me and 90% of her time at school is spent in a hot sex fantasy

[Gunter S]

Originally Posted by robyn

maybe she's like me and 90% of her time at school is spent in a hot sex fantasy

you nasty bitches

[Phrenetic]

during the pause does she remain to have eye contact? does she give a blank stare?

[Gunter S]

honestly though, i have theory behind it. i talked to someone else who she has worked with and they said this:

She knows it irritates you and is doing it to watch you squirm. It's a powere trip thing. And judging by how pissed off it makes you, it's working. If I were you, I would just keep going and assume that her lack of a reply equals agreement. When she sees that her perspective and opinions not being considered in the equation, she'll learn to answer more quickly. You're letting her slow the game down and take control. You need to SPEED THE GAME UP. It will flip her out.

[Gunter S]

Originally Posted by Phrenetic

during the pause does she remain to have eye contact? does she give a blank stare?

she actually looks me in the eye on occasion.

[FeelGood]

smack her and see if she blinks when she's in her 5-7 second 'zone'

[Gusto]

probably just a robot

[mattymids]

sounds like talk radio

[*SunShyne*]

Originally Posted by robyn

maybe she actually thinks about what she's going to say before she says it

lol... women don't do that.

On a seriouse note... there could be a ton of different posibilities. Besides being shy, nervouse, or really thinking before shes speaks... she could have a type of learning disability with her input or out put. In otherwords the wires in her brain are conected differently and it may take her longer to take in or put out informatio and guide the information around in her brain. It could also be ADD and her mind is in some other place (sex fantasy etc) If shes blond it could be all that peroxide getting to her head... or if she does drugs that could also lead to crappy thinking. Or like a few kids I work with have a type of seizer that is basickly a blank stare for 5-15 seconds. Its kind of neat because ill ask my kid a question... watch him stare into space... and than 10 seconds later hill blink and answer me. The blink at the end is the cue that their back in reality!

[Gusto]

is it this kid? i don't know how many times i need to tell you he's a robot.

[cubed]

robot.

[FeelGood]

maybe you should just ask her.

[Gusto]

if battlestar galactica has taught me anything, it's that you can't just ask a robot if they are a robot because they always deny it.

[FeelGood]

haaaaahahah

[kir mokum]

i think she's one of those chinese aliens from the future.

[Vitamin-X]

Originally Posted by Gusto

if battlestar galactica has taught me anything, it's that you can't just ask a robot if they are a robot because they always deny it.

And sometimes they don't even know if they are: Ie: boomer season one.

[FireWire]

In some cultures it is normal to make such long pauses between questions and dialogue...

I found that out the hard way once - this women got really pissed off at me not being patient enough to wait for her responses and told me that in her culture they make long pauses 'out of respect' and 'to digest what has just been said or asked'

Fuck me.

[*SunShyne*]

Originally Posted by Vitamin-X

And sometimes they don't even know if they are: Ie: boomer season one.

I'm still saying that Kara is either a cylon (which would totally ruin the show for me) or went into some black hole and will be back in another season.


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[MC Hammered]

I'd just ignore her after 4 seconds.

[ebbomega]

I would just tell her she's failing the Turing Test and then walk away before she has a chance to respond.