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coffeesp00ns  ·  3050 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: 3 Questions with @coffeesp00ns

OBVIOUSLY you just didn't realize how profound I was being. ;) I was 100% okay with it.

I remember hearing a story about someone interviewing Pope John Paul II on live radio. They were talking, and then the Pope was asked a question that he either didn't 100% expect, or was a "big" question, and he sat there - Red light flashing - in silence for 30 seconds while he mulled over the question in his head, then answered it. The interview was rebroadcast later, and they cut that silence because, y'know, time constraints.

For some reason that really resonated with me, and resulted in two things:

One, I do my best to really think about a question before I answer it.

Two, I mistrust people who answer questions too quickly.