Kaylic opened this issue on Apr 20, 2007 · 27 posts
bagginsbill posted Sat, 12 May 2007 at 7:32 AM
"It doesn't always work" - does that mean it sometimes does work?
Anniebel, you have enough posts under your belt to indicate that you're an experienced forum participant. I can't believe you took personal offense, but since you did let me apologize.
But now you have to tolerate my reminding you that
not everything you read in a forum is directed AT you
some people are funny or at least try to be, but you don't think they are because the sound of their voice is not present in the posting - it is left up to you to imagine the tone with which it was given - or you don't think they're funny because they're personality is just wildly different from yours and that makes it impossible for you to understand where they're coming from because you'd NEVER say anything like what you're reading, even in gest.
the fact that you never make such a gest does not turn the other person into a horrible person, but merely different from you which is not a crime
without access to delivery tone, you can't tell the difference between condescending and friendly banter
some people put a special mark :) or similar indicating to those who might choose the wrong interpretation of what they're reading to let them know "This sentence is a gest. In case you have trouble recognizing a gest, here is how you know this is a gest, and not an insult."
:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) :) ;0 ;-)
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