10-07-2002, 12:23 PM
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Pixies Den Mother
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: No-Hockey Land, dammit!!
Posts: 11,897
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Originally posted by Irish
Sugarsprinkles---I have never known people;that knew me good
enough;that I had to tell them that I was just kidding.Obviously;
the people here are a different kind of people.If I have to explain
myself;to me;there's no sense;kidding around and I can't be myself.
but if I have to"tread on glass"because of easily offended people and have to continually explain myself;then this
isn't the"family"atmosphere;that it professes to be! Irish
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Irish,
No doubt if we were sitting across the table from each other, face to face, it would be obvious when you were or were not joking.
But here, it's mere words on a page...we can't see the expression on your face nor hear the inflection in your voice to know whether you're joking or not. That's where the "LOL" or "ROFL" and other internet abbreviations come from. So others can tell if something is said in jest.
It's not that anyone is easily offended...if we could see and hear you say it and we'd know it's a joke. But when it's not obvious then your intent can very easily be misinterpreted. No one expects you to "tread on glass" nor do we want you to stop posting, just help us to know when you're kidding....we can't tell by merely reading the words. |