Growing up, I always assumed grunts were just meaningless noises. A few years back, a colleague pointed out how my own frustrated sounds during a budget meeting came across as outright opposition. That observation completely shifted my perspective on nonverbal communication. Now I realize tone and context can load a simple grunt with genuine disagreement. It's something I watch for in both professional and personal conversations.

My toddler hid the remote in the cereal box last month, @parker_anderson. I spent an hour searching before I thought to check there.