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Ask HN: how old were you when you started noticing this? It took me far too long to develop meta-conversational awareness. I must have been in my 20s before I picked up on it.

It feels like a superpower in some ways.

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Last year I was thinking about this (I am 26). I came up with the term meta-communication for this (I did feel like a genius for moment), and then I googled it, and found out it actually has been studied by others for a long time.

I have been aware of the phenomenon since I was a teenager. I have no idea if I am accurately aware.

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