This phrase drives me insane!!

[Verbena17]

Am i the only one who’s really bothered when I hear someone say….
”……if that makes sense?”

😩😩😩
Why on Earth does someone explain something (usually really simply) and then add onto the end ‘if that makes sense?’

I’m like ‘yes of course it makes bloody sense because you’ve just explained the most simple piece of information I’ve ever heard!
I’m just watching a recipe on YouTube and the woman said “you have to cook the potatoes for 10 minutes first because they take longer to bake, and you don’t want to get raw potatoes…..if that makes sense?”

Does my head in!
Influencers are always doing it 😩, it’s as if they think their explanation of the most basic of tasks might be way over our heads!
Sunday night rant over 😂

I agree that "if that makes sense?" can come across as patronising, especially when following the most simple instruction or explanation.

A couple of my pet hates are "I'm not gonna lie but.." and "I turned round and said..."
Seem to be an awful lot of people turning around and just about stopping themselves from lying in conversations these days 😅

I used to spend a great deal of time talking to the public and over the past few years I noticed more and more people saying 'obviously' at the start of sentences and randomly in sentences, about things that weren't obvious at all.

Yes! That really grinds my gears too.
I will have to try to be more chill about it 😉

Haha yes! Thanks for the tip 😁

And also 'passed' instead of dead. Pointless.

Agree

It's women basically apologising for making direct statements or issuing direct instructions.

Like this ^

This isn't American.

It's correct English.

You haven't been in a window or the door, so you're not jumping out of a window or walking out of a door. You're jumping out through a window or walking out through a door(way).

YANBU. My dear friend tacks "If that makes sense" onto everything she says. Also she has an upward lilt at the end of every sentence. It takes all my patience not to say anything. I agree with the poster who said it's female lack of confidence - always looking for reassurance.

But they're adults. They can just say if they don't understand.

I use it when I am explaining something very complex. In my brain, what I have said makes perfect sense, but I need to check that the people I am talking to understands what I am saying.

If they say “No, that doesn’t make sense”, then I have to evaluate whether I have explained incorrectly, or if I am talking gibberish. It could be 50/50

Surely in a technical work situation you could just say something like…
”let me know if you want me to go over anything again”.

It’s very clear and not patronising.