http://gdcvault.com/play/1015830/A-Fireside-Chat-with-Markus At first: "Cool, a talk about MC." After about 5 seconds: "Mother of god, they use the world "like" about every 3 seconds, srsly Notch and that GDC commenter talk the way a 15 year old girl from highschool usually talks."
like, like likelike. like, like. He's Swedish, so his native language isn't English. He uses those as filler words to make up for pausing when he thinks on continuing the sentence. It isn't hard typing words because typing takes time and the tempo is slower. Imagine talking so slowly. Everyone would be bored. Plus, I find myself taking huge pauses in the middle of sentences to think of what I'll say next, otherwise I'll just be a mess to talk to.
@LongestWord(View Post) Bout time you were banned. @boxmein(View Post) Yeah, that IS the first thing I thought of as an explanation, but really, using it once every 3 seconds? @Jenn: It hurts if you spell my name correctly for once?