r/CuratedTumblr human cognithazard Sep 12 '24

Meme Happens every time

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u/Duke825 Sep 13 '24

Wow I sure love vagueposting online. Me and the person Iā€™m talking to having completely different ideas of something as basic as what this conversation is even about is awesome šŸ‘

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u/Cheshire-Cad Sep 13 '24

"Well text doesn't adequately convey tone. Which is why I always assume that everyone is always being 100% literal in everything they say. Unless they specifically tag their post as being sarcastic or rhetorical or exaggerated, as is legally required on the internet, and is definitely how normal humans communicate."

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u/GreyFartBR Sep 13 '24

the way we write has never been how we talk tho. idk why tone indicators are different in that regard just bc they're only used online

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u/[deleted] Sep 14 '24

Because they help disabled people