Do you use short respones in conversations?

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The lengths of my answers are determined by various things, but I keep them as short as possible or as seemingly necessary unless I well understand the person asking and subject at hand ... then watch out!

Yes. I usually can't respond to a question without first thinking about it for a moment or two (sometimes for several moments) before I can give an answer. But even during those rare times in which my replies seem to flow, I still try to make my statements as brief as possible because I've learned that people sometimes seem to become better listeners when I don't say much.

same! i'm far too concise in my work. i find the word limits are stressful and force me to make my writing less interesting, having to repeat and everything X/.





hmm, i should have specified school bus. the school buses here are small and are accompanied by a hostess. she comes to get me from my door every morning, and i find her small talk obnoxious.

are you serious about the public buses? over here, whilst the driver does rarely speak to anyone, he is perfectly allowed to do so and may explain something briefly. and everyone uses the bus, here. mentally ill and all!
America is interesting.

I'm terrible at this, all I can think of are short responses unless I am very interested in the person or what is being said.

Yes, and it's called "poverty of speech".

It's a symptom of Autistic and Schizophrenic spectrum disorders.

Occasionally

In some ways yes, and in some ways no.

If someone is trying to small talk with me, I often can't think of a response at all, and if I try to say something it comes out as the most basic sentence about whatever they were talking about.

For example, when people greet me in the morning I am often so busy trying to remember the appropriate way to greet them that by the time I've remembered it they've gone away.

If someone is talking to me about something I know and care about, my responses tend to be verbose, but I don't intend them to be and don't know they will be until they are already too long.

Mostly.

My boss complained that I didn't talk enough. Usually, the complaints are the exact opposite. It seems that when he asks me yes/no questions, I answer "yes" or "no." How am I to know that he wants an explanation and how detailed. He just needs to learn to ask follow up questions.

Socially, my responses to small talk questions are short and perhaps abrupt. If you ask me a vague question, don't expect me to provide a detailed response when I don't even know how to answer in the first place.

Yep.

Yes. I tend to give short, to the point answers to questions. (At least to verbal ones. In my responses here, I can't seem to shut up. ) I only found out recently that it's part of the reason people think I'm unfriendly. I just don't see the point of wasting words if I don't have much to say.

I do multiple things. From the yes,uh huh simple stuff to like someone else posted giving long excited talk of my interest or last but not least speaking quickly/mumbling so I have to repeat myself real slowly. DARN NTS!

Yep

Depends on who I am talking to. If I am forced into small talk with someone I am not comfortable with..I can muster the barest minimum of words for my responses...Likesay..."Interesting" or "that's nice"..especially when they are telling me about stuff...

If I am chatting with someone on a similar wavelength..I am very sing-song babbly..silly...non-linear repetitive in my speech

I love all the sarcastic responses: "yep, occasionally, mostly, sometimes"...

Anyways, yes I do conventionally use short responses, if I speak at all. Mostly I tend to just nod or attempt approving eye contact so that I can keep things cordial until I can manage to end the conversation. Most of the time I don't wish to converse in the first place. Every once in a while, I get into a conversation that I am interested in having. Then I may actually string together longer concepts or ideas. Something beyond the usual: "uh-huh... mumble mumble... blah blah... uh-huh... etc." But it has to be something that I actually want to talk about. I really can't stand small talk and purely social conversation.

Same. They couldn't ever tell me what I was supposed to write about either, just "write longer".
Poverty? Nah. So long as you're getting your point across, using more words is just a waste.