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Comment by freedomben | Hacker News Reader

Indeed, you nailed it.

The ridiculous overuse of the word "like" is as nails on a chalkboard to me. It's bad enough hearing it from many people around me, the last thing I need is it to be part of "professional" broadcasting.

I'm super impressed with this, but that one flaw is a really big flaw to me.

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Out of interest, where do you live?

I’m wondering if people’s tolerance for “like” is affected by their geography.

I live in California (from the UK originally) so I honestly don’t even notice this any more.

I live in Idaho currently, but have lived in many different regions in the US at various points in the past (though, not California). It does seem particularly strong in California and increasingly in western Oregon, western Washington, southern Nevada, and northern Utah (which, probably not coincidentally, have been top destinations for people moving out of California over the last 10 to 20 years).

Out of curoisity, how long ago did you move to California from the UK? And is the "like" commonly used in the UK?

I moved ten years ago, so I couldn't tell you about "like" prevalence in the UK today - I think it was a lot less common than in California a decade ago.

I really want to like it more, it could be interesting to drop in a textbook and get a dedicated series of podcasts about each chapter for example but the tone is so off-putting that I can't listen for more than a few minutes. Its pure cringe.

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