Do you talk to inanimate objects?

No, I don't – but then I have a cat.

I talk to everything and i could never get through the day without FFS

"Oh do be quiet" when anything beeps and so many machines beep these days.

I do talk to Teddy on DGD's bed but I wouldn't say he's inanimate. He's a friend.

I talk to my plants a lot, especially those not doing so well. They get a warning that if they don’t improve, I’ll get rid of them! My aloe Vera is on a last warning!

Lots of chatting in this house all the time! I talk to everything. Sometimes it's almost intelligent.

Me too Sharon123 - The ones that get the most tongue lashing are the ones that talk to you:
Sat-nav, alexa and the *@$¥ self checkout - "yes, it's a * bag in the bagging area.

Oops that's interesting, bold bit should have been OPs name - And I "preveiewed" ? Large Grrrr to my kindle

Teacheranne

I talk to my plants a lot, especially those not doing so well. They get a warning that if they don’t improve, I’ll get rid of them! My aloe Vera is on a last warning!

Oh how could you? Your sickly plants need some tender loving words, not a threat. They are more likely to die if you abuse them. I have a sickly grape ivy which somehow got powdery mildew. I have cut the dead bits off, sprayed it with neem oil and spoken lovingly to the buds. I'm happy to say it is recovering. I don't normally talk to anything, but I love little buds and baby plants dearly.

I don't do it, I don't think. I will talk to myself a lot though and instead of saying "I thought I switched you off" I will tell myself "I thought I switched that off"

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Sorry, wrong link. This is the one I meant.
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I chide inanimate objects too. But what bugs me most are the bossy ladies at supermarket self checkouts. They are so impatient!

A slight deviation: I had noticed how many people talk out loud to themselves while searching the shelves - then heard myself doing the same thing. "Now where on earth have they put the...!"

It's so reassuring to realise others are as bonkers as me!

All the time.. In fact if I can find anything in the house, I look up to the heavens and ask my Grandmother. Always turns up... Magic!

Well if there is no one around why not, I thank Alexa when I set the alarm, nice to get a welcome message back. I think I do this automatically at times. I come away with "What,s that doing there when I have put it there".

I will only worry when my inanimate objects start to answer back!

Yes, my husband!

All the time...my son once pointed out to me I don't need to thank ATMs.

Sat-nav
Ro60 I don't talk to her, I shout at her. She is stupid!

Yes, all the time. Some of them even have names which I gave them.....

I frequently curse my laptop and the Internet.

Speak encouragingly to the sewing machine and my bike, and sometimes to the lawn mower.

I have turned off the beeper on any and all machines where you can turn it off. I know roughly when the washing-machine finishes its cycles, or else I can check the time display.

I do it all the time. I curse the bleep, bleep bleeping dishwasher and washing machine for demanding my attention
I am forever telling inanimate objects - for example the laundry basket, to "wait there a minute"
When the faceless voice at the supermarket self-service checkout thanks me for shopping there I always respond, in a voice dripping with sarcasm, that it has been an absolute joy!

When I find something I've been looking for, I usually say, 'What are you doing there?' Quite often it's my phone, though my last resort is to ring it from my landline.

Callistemon ??