This reminds me of how, in my TypoC video, for example, I said "This video is probably going to suck, but I'll do my best."
Now if you just read that sentence, you might think, "Man, he's really insecure."
Now if I added an emoticon to the end of the sentence so that it looked like this:
"This video is probably going to suck, but I'll do my best."
You might think, OK he's joking.
But it seems that even with the emoticon, some people would still think, "Man he's really insecure."
I think that's weird, but experience on the forum has taught me that many people here are emoticon illiterate.
But if you actually SEE my video, where I say "This video is probably going to suck, but I'll do my best,"---the body language, facial expression, and tone of voice make it extremely OBVIOUS that I'm joking.
In fact, if you watch the video, you will see that many of the things I say would be taken the wrong way without of the context of physical cues.
Because of this I'm actually considering ONLY posting VIDEO comments, for Christ's sake!
My point is that people are reading WAY too many things into what I post, and if they had more information, they would have a totally different idea of where I'm coming from.
Some people have said things like, "Oh, so you expect people to read your mind? How are we supposed to know what you mean when you say things like that? :steam:
Well, once I again, I DO use emoticons for a reason.
And since some people are emoticon illiterate, there's not much more I can do in text.
MAYBE, just MAYBE--what people can do is WITHHOLD JUDGEMENT about someone if they're not sure of the person's intentions.
MAYBE even give people the benefit of the doubt that they are being misunderstood.
The fact is, my style of communication doesn't translate well in text.
You're just not seeing the whole picture, so WHY ASSUME THE WORST???
IF you are interested, here is my TypoC video, which demonstrates how saying things like "This video is probably going to suck" is NOT a LITERAL STATEMENT, but an OBVIOUS JOKE ( I say it near the beginning of the video) :
Wonka's Typo C Video on Vimeo