Nuance, undertones, rhetorical questions may as well as not exist for some of these good fellows. I must remind myself that even though someone (many someones) might lack in this department, that doesn’t mean they aren’t brighter than me in many other things.
I am curious though. How, if you are aware of this, do you watch spy, palace intrigue, double agent, psychological movies? Isn’t it detrimental to fully enjoy the acting and reading actors expressions and nuances? I guess you wouldn’t be aware that you are missing full experience?
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It’s not about me by the way, it is from the perspective of a spectator, a lurker and not about me receiving some kind of response.
Not meaning to imply anything to OP’s abilities, but part of the effectiveness of any communication is the delivery. Some people don’t get satire or other implied meanings even in person. Text is harder to do unless the reader is familiar with references or is in the same “mode” of humor at the time. Sometimes to make a joke or twist work online means you have to put a bit more background or setup than you would in other settings. I’ve done the same, where I just type out a phrase or quote or line as I would IRL, and then realize that it’s not that funny without a bit of context added to help it.
Note an example is the very first part I added so OP didn’t think I was saying they were bad at satire. In real conversation I might not have to say that because it’s implied we’re talking about generalities and not them. Or adding /s to a joke that could be taken serious, or other emotes to create a setting for the punchline.
I think (and this is just my opinion based on years of seeing online discussions) that people are quick to type in their thoughts and hit send without reading over and editing things for clarify. That leads to misunderstandings which fuels the typical arguments we find all because of missing nuances. Hell, I’ve even read over things, submitted a post, and then gone right back to edit because I saw something else needed.
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It’s not about my ability this time or lack of it tho.
I am talking about just lurking and seeing other people responses and certain… rigidity. Responding in stiff manner, official speech, missing nuance, explaining something that didn’t need to be explained.
I just generally feel a lot of the times like someone who sees these notorious miscommunications so to say when just spectating various comments.
Best I can describe is that there are only limited responses “fitting” to a particular comment and I notoriously see certain off-vibe when someone responds with a comment that doesn’t fit.
As if they didn’t see that their response feels grating because it doesn’t really fit properly