My most blistering of takes is that people use the "can't read tone from posts/email/text" excuse to cover media illiteracy.
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The original "okay but it's very telling that I BELIEVED it was real."
sep 2, 2025, 3:03 pm • 1 0 • view
We've gotten very comfortable in projection as reality.
sep 2, 2025, 4:38 pm • 1 0 • view
It seems relatively rare to not be sure of the tone of written words, but in the times it just just ask for clarification. It's not rocket surgery.
sep 2, 2025, 3:17 pm • 0 0 • view
This is very real, but people also use accusations of media illiteracy to cover for their poor writing/communication skills
sep 2, 2025, 2:52 pm • 0 0 • view
Definitely.
sep 2, 2025, 4:40 pm • 1 0 • view
Not as an excuse to be less kind than they should be?
sep 2, 2025, 2:56 pm • 0 0 • view
I think that's a symptom of the illiteracy. People get angry when they don't fully understand something or believe they are being attacked. The anonymity of the web definitely allows people to great each other like they aren't humans.
sep 2, 2025, 4:37 pm • 1 0 • view