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.
I have been online since the days of BBs in the late '80s. Poe’s law is a real thing. I’ve seen dumber (IMO) and more extreme opinions so much, I can no longer reliably know from some short text alone if this is a thing the person really believes or they’re taking the piss. Sometimes, with enough context, it’s clear, but sometimes a single sentence or two in a response leaves me know real way of knowing (and I don’t feel like trying to read a poster’s entire posting history which may also have more sarcastic remarks in that vein cloaking their real intent/feeling).