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1-4-2013 16:34 |
Originally posted by misspumpkin at 1-4-2013 14:06
It was simply tongue in check and/or sarcasm. This forum is full of sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek if you can't handle it get a pair.
Dear Miss P (and everyone),
In the old days of snail mail and hard-copy hand written letters people actually knew how to write and accurately convey what they mean to say. Today, most written text is highly abbreviated and filled with local colloquial speech almost as if they were trying to write exactly as they speak, not to mention that very few people actually know how to write in the first place anymore. If we posted like people used to write with paper and pen there would rarely be a problem with misunderstandings here.
Secondly, the internet forum system is a very skinny pipe that allows only a tiny bit of information through. There are no voice inflections or facial expressions to guide us. Part of the misunderstanding between you and Wander or anyone else is not necessarily because either of you are being jerks. It is more likely that the intensity or intended strength of the comments was misread, not to mention the likelihood of sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek comments being completely misconstrued. Most of us have learned that only factual speech or clearly labelled opinion is truly trouble free.
Some of us have been around forums such as this since before internets became mainstream and it was all dial-up BBS systems. One thing us old timers (in internet years) have learned is that sarcasm/tongue-in-cheek comments will always be misunderstood by someone no matter how carefully the words are crafted. It does NOT mean that anyone is an asshole or anyone else is an idiot when something goes awry. It is just a result of overall lazy writing skills and and the weakness of the forum system that becomes troublesome when we lose sight of its limitations.
My point is this. Basically we should all be very careful how we speak of one-another and save sarcastic comments for things other than than how you feel about others here. | |
| misspumpkin |
1-4-2013 17:00 |
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