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    screwdriverdelight
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    is that it fails to convey expression and tone. For examples, jokes get taken seriously, statements come out sharper than expected.

    To quote R’ Shais Taub (which is not something I often do): “I wish there was a special typeset for sarcasm.” My feelings exactly.

    #1036598
    Joseph
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    /sarcasm

    #1036599
    Little Froggie
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    Why would anyone say a joke?!

    #1036600
    HaLeiVi
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    That is the challenge of a writer, to rightly convey nuance. With all that in mind you won’t type the way you speak.

    A sentence is indeed a statement. But what you put in there, by careful choice, can make a big difference.

    The next issue is that not everyone knows how to decipher plain English. So you might have to revert to smileys for a joke, winks for a wise-crack, capital for a complaint, and bold for attacks.

    #1036601
    screwdriverdelight
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    writing is hard enough. With posting it’s even harder

    #1036602
    showjoe
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    anotherthing about writing is that reader cant hear your voice, how it sound. i personally assign a “standard voice” to all posters

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