Tips to stop saying "WOW I never heard of that"
"This is my first time hearing about ____." and etc.
Bc there's been a few people who keep interpreting this reaction = me calling them a liar based on their defensive responses :( But really I'm trying to warn them that I'm not well versed in that topic or (in most cases) I want to hear more about it.
I get that there'll always be people who'll read my energy wrong, but there are times I feel like I'm missing something in my lingo to turn this exclamation into genuine interest.
Also, the URGE to know every little factoid makes me overly eager and if I'm on low energy (which is most of the time), the mask slips and I can't help myself and go "WOW." And in the same way that my enthusiastic compliments have been read as me being snarky/ sarcastic, I know this is a big part of why I'm being misread.
It's ok if there's no advice. Just commiserating is welcome 🥲