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.

  • snooggums@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    12 days ago

    Communication is a two-way street. If one person fails to understand what you’re trying to say, that may be their fault. But if nobody seems to understand what you’re trying to say, if this is happening to you regularly enough that you have to ask this kind of question, maybe you’re not being clear enough.

    While this is a great thing to consider, sometimes it is hard to figure out because people are responding to a bunch of things other than what you are saying, or because they assume what you mean is different than what you are saying. In those cases maybe the topic isn’t worth discussing.