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25 Post author: magfrump 04 May 2012 04:20AM

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Comment author: Incorrect 04 May 2012 05:39:28AM 11 points [-]

In a classroom setting I sometimes have the opposite problem. I sometimes forget I am in a social situation entirely and think no more of stating something in a huge room of students than simply thinking it within my own mind.

So there's one answer for you, obliviousness and impulsivety.