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Am I a hypocrite? i have a confession to make: i get annoyed listening to people who stutter. i don't know if its because it reminds me of my stutter or if it is just that i am generally impatient at people getting their point across (i also get annoyed when people go off on tangents or drag out stories). i only know 1 other person who stutters (my step brother, about 10 years older than me and i only see 1-2 times per year for a few days at a time) and he is cool, funny guy but when he is having a bad fluency day its all i can do to not find an excuse to leave the conversation. i have also had more than few occasions where a stranger would walk to me and say something like "i noticed you stutter, i stutter too. lets talk about it." and i also had a professor in collage who stuttered and his classes were a pain to follow (of course, he also had a really thick Chinese accent, so that didn't help things). i have a feeling i am more bothered by it than 'normal' people, but i can't help but think "if ***I*** am this bothered by listening to a stutter, fluent people must be really annoyed." am i alone in this? does it make me an ass? will i now be forever exiled from this subreddit? :(