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

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    4 months ago

    I know the equation but “hearing” something in your head sounds… weird

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      4 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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        4 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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        4 months ago

        Yes, I mean I have 10/10 visualisation/internal hearing/etc but the language denotation of “hearing” something that does not enter your auditory nerve is… odd