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For some reason people who make super exaggerated body gestures all the time piss me off...

I don't know exactly what it is about it, but it just pisses me off. Like this one guy I knew, who every time he found something even remotely funny he would start clapping, jumping up and down, and laughing really loud. Like if he did this only here and there that would've been one thing, but it was EVERY time he found something even a little bit funny.

Like he couldn't just simply laugh, he would have to get up and start clapping his hands and jumping up and down. Like I get having a sense of humor is nice and all, but it just felt way over the top and too extra and unnecessary.

Almost always he was the only one laughing like this too. Meaning he stuck out a lot because usually nobody would laugh the way he did. While everyone else would sort of chuckle quietly, he'd laugh in that sort of manner.

I can't think of many other examples besides that one guy, but he was definitely the most egregious example of this.
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Swoop62 · M
can appreciate the enthusiasm but when overdone does aggravate. What can happen too, is the gestures distract so much that we focus on that we do not hear what they are saying.
@Swoop62 I agree 100%. Enthusiasm is nice and all but when overdone it does indeed aggravate. And yeah, the gestures can indeed take too much focus away from their words as well.