It's easy to kinda say something. It's hard to say something.
»» We preface with words like like, kinda, sorta to put padding between ourselves and the thing we really mean to say. That padding makes it easier for us to deflect any pushback that we might receive. After all we didn’t really say the thing, we just kinda said it.
It’s hard to speak with certainty and clarity because most of us don’t have much practice doing it. Rather, we have lots of practice saying things in ways to dodge responsibility and decisiveness. Side stepping clarity for the sake of what the other person might think is belittling the other person.
