Come Back You Cricket and Fight Like a Slug!

Why a slug?

It may not have a backbone, but it doesn't hop around. I hate crickets. They are spineless and they hop.

I recently got in an e-mail shouting match with a person who refused to acknowledge my points.

He said X.

I said X is full of sh!t, and I'll tell you why!

He says Y.

I say what about X? What about confronting me, and showing me the faults in my logic? Do you know what he says?

Z.

The art of logical discourse is lost on some. All they can do is stick to talking points (usually someone else's.)

I don't have time for that. It shows an utter lack of respect for another's point of view.

If you loved me, you would beat the Sh!t out of me with my own words, otherwise how can I know if I'm wrong or if you are just a moron?

What steams you about electronic conversations?

Comments

[Robin P]

The tone of voice is lost in an email. I am very sarcastic and when I speak to someone,they can hear that. In an email....there is just reading and most of the time someone misinterprets what I said or I misinterpret what they said. Even with writing "LOL" or something,my point is usually screwed up!!! It's very frustrating!!!!!!!!

[*AGK*]

On my young parent message board, my humor is sometimes lost on them and some think I'm being a snot because they can't SEE that I'm trying to be funny, not mean...

Also, I think when someone ends what SHOULD be a warm statement with a simple period, it's easy to assume they "don't really mean it."

[willi]

I hear that crickets taste pretty good all smothered in chocolate... spineless yes, but oooh sooo crunchy.
My main peve w/ electronic communications is that a lot of folks fail to read everything in a given email - responding to only what they see in the first sentence. Or if I spend an hour thoughtfuuly composing an email and they repond with an "OK" or worst a "yup" willi

[Marcia]

Yeah, the intended tone of a thought can be lost in an e-mail. You have to be careful.

But what you're talking about can happenin person too. That person is just a poor debater!

[Goldberry]

I tend to sound more intelligent when read. I can sound completely dorky and stupid, too, but usually, I can come off as intelligent. I have tried to understand somebody during an online argument, but they lost me by the second paragraph. People tend to get wordy in e-mails since there is noone there to interupt them. That gets aggravating.