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The fact that bystanders may desire or feel obliged to remain out of an accessible encounter allows for a special kind of half-scene, where persons in an encounter talk in a sufficiently loud and pointed fashion to be heard by an outsider, yet modulate their talk enough to give him a slight opportunity to disattend.
Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963
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First, if bystanders are to desist in some way from exploiting their communication opportunities, then it will fall upon the participants to limit their actions and words to ones that will not be too hard to disattend.
Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963
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In these contexts the participant-observer can soon learn to disattend to incontinence and hallucinations occurring eighteen inches away.
Behavior in Public Places ERVING GOFFMAN 1963
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