What's not being realized there is that communication is about more than words. If you steal my cookie and I chop your fingers off because of it....you might be hesistant to take my cookie again or more likely to kill me and just take my cookies.

That's why I prefer talking in person over telephone over text

@Nine dude im same

at work i prefer to talk to someone rather than respond to thier email if i can

via phone or in person

@Paradox this came up a few seconds later

My general rule is if texts or email chains go over five passes in a quick time frame, I just call

funny, i'll go talk to someone in person if i can, but then go to text before phone. idk why.

@Grenade123 dude same

its fucked up how reliant on non verbal communication our society has become

Well it's about data, right? The more data the better the resolution of the picture.

I mean, text communication has the bonus of less chance for misunderstanding due to accents, mispronunciation, mishearing, or misremembering. It is also recorded by default.

but you stand a chance of miscommunication due to loss of body language and vocal inflection

although things like emojis and other text specific habits help negate that to a degree

Ugh, just thinking about dealing with medical dictations

knowledge of the one you are trying to communicate with is another big one

This is some deep stuff

that goes regardless of form of communication

My thoughts: https://www.minds.com/nine_of_swords/blog/watching-public-discourse-867478679641280512

i.e. knowing how to read the audience when telling a joke

yes, but is a key to communication

a lot of trial by error

Of course, nowadays, you are shunned and made an outcast for erroring...so there is less trying.

erring, not erroring :p

k, thanks teach.

my C in english comp not good enough for ya?

just trying to emphasize your point

well if you cut off my fingers, maybe I would remember.

but i'd probably just kill you and make your cookies mine.

You'd make a martyr of a grammar nazi?

it's a reference to what I said much earlier in this convo

I know

gone full circle, so now back to incest ....i guess.

Silliness doesn't translate well in text

Depends on what you have to indicate it <:doge:272653287965065217>

Depends on what you mean by silliness.

I'd rather people always assume me naive 😇

You get away with more stuff

I'd rather assume we are all morons in the dark with shitty flashlights

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