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>he nodded
>I nodded
>She nodded

Why is this so prevalent in novels? Did people in the old days nod to everything or is it just some trope?

No-one nods nowadays.

>> No.18046144

>>18046128
Where have you seen this?

>> No.18046172
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>>18046144
Reading The Stranger atm, it's meant to be one of the GOATs but I'm not really feeling it.

>> No.18046181

>>18046128
I’ve been doing this a lot. It’s mainly that I’m trying to convey affirmation without saying yes or writing an unnecessary line of agreeing speech. I find it works in situations of exhaustion or tension.

>> No.18046224

>>18046181
It feels like one of those writing conventions that people just go along with.

Descriptions of clouds would be another convention that you see too much of.

People don't always look at the person they're talking to, so nodding doesn't work half the time.

>> No.18046240

>>18046224
You can still nod even if the person isn’t looking at you

>> No.18046452

>>18046128

>No one nods these days

What the fuck are you talking about?

>> No.18046455

>>18046128
are you starved for human contact? in person, in a regular conversation, nodding (and shaking one's head) is basically as common as verbal assent

>> No.18046463

>>18046452
9 times out of ten people will say "yeah", "hmm mm" or some variant instead of nodding.

>> No.18046468

>>18046463
It's usually a combination I'd say.

>> No.18046480

>>18046172
I do not get how people like the stranger its dry ass writing style and boring side characters make it a mediocare unenjoyable read, or I just got filtered from le absurdism

>> No.18046489

>>18046480
What would you recommend instead?

>> No.18046682

>>18046128
>No-one nods nowadays.
I didn't expect one year of pandemic to be enough to see people lose track of basic social interaction.

>> No.18046871

>>18046682
It happens

>> No.18046961

UK nods

>> No.18046973

DFW solved this problem, here

When they were introduced, he made a witticism, hoping to be liked. She laughed extremely loudly, hoping to be liked. Then each drove home alone, staring straight ahead, with the very same twist to their faces.

The man who’d introduced them didn’t much like either of them, though he acted as if he did, anxious as he was to preserve good relations at all times. One never knew, after all, now did one now did one now did one.

>> No.18046977

>he Indian nodded
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RaBxH_MKQI

>> No.18047047

>>18046128
>No-one nods nowadays
???????

>> No.18047050

>>18046480
It's actually meant to be a water thin read. It was designed for toddlers.

>> No.18047062

>>18046961
I nod instead of speaking because I'm a faggot and probably look like one too

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>No-one nods nowadays
What?

>> No.18047295

I nod all the time. Too much

>> No.18047296

>>18047279
It's pretty old fashioned at least, like pulling out a handkerchief.

>> No.18047313

>>18047296
What? When was the last time you talked to someone in real life? People nod all the time, it’s a part of normal body language.

>> No.18047314

OP outing himself as too autistic to understand gestures used during communication

>> No.18047319

>>18047313
nobody under the age of 30 nods.
it's archaic.

>> No.18047331

>>18047319
Are you a woman? For a man, a head nod is probably the most prevalent means of greeting a stranger or acquaintance.

>> No.18047372

>>18047319
What continent are you writing from?

>> No.18047376

>>18047319
Hi, 23 yo here, I nod all the time in conversations

>> No.18047388

Am I autistic or is everyone else in this thread autistic? I've never seen or heard of anyone nodding in a conversation outside of fiction or this thread. Is speaking difficult or something?

>> No.18047393

>>18047319
lolwut
I nod on a daily basis and I'm 23. I just nod and wave at people I know when I go by them or when I agree with what they're saying.

>> No.18047435

>>18047388
Either you have a different (and incorrect) idea of what nodding is, or you are extremely autistic.

>> No.18047440

>>18047388
Bruh it's basic psychology nodding signifies not only affirmation but also that you're following along with the conversation and paying attention. Have you literally never looked someone in the eye while talking to them? Do you just not pay attention to how people move?

>> No.18047705

>>18046128

I think in general novelists tend to avoid writing dialogue when it's not something important or unique
Dialogue is a powerful tool even as a reader it probably signals to you as something important when you see it

>> No.18047835

>>18046172
>Reading the stranger atm
Why would you do that to yourself

>> No.18047850

>>18046128
FORMERLEY NOT NODDING

>> No.18047854

>>18046455
Where do you live? Here in Eastern Europe I don't remember the last time I saw someone nodding, you'd look like a retarded bobblehead if you tried.

>> No.18047908

>>18047854
You guys never smile or nod your heads, are eastern europeans even human?

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>>18047705
>novelists tend to avoid writing dialogue when it's not something important or unique
Heh

>> No.18048111

>>18047908
we do smile, but who the fuck nods their head