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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SteveC" data-source="post: 9792397" data-attributes="member: 9053">I think this is a really good point. What's also important is that gaming has quite a number of neurodivergent folks (trust me, I gamed in the 70s and we didn't know what to call it then), so there can be issues where someone might completely innocently not understand how what they are saying comes off.I have a bunch of people who I joke around with here, and sometimes we talk smack (hey, I love 4E so I wear the red letter) and that's fine. It's fine because we have years of history of talking about all sorts of things. But someone who doesn't know that might take offense.I think it's really best to ask for clarification, as in "did you mean X?" and much of the time you'll get a "good heavens no!" response. I think I'd recommend assuming something just didn't come across in the language unless I see a really pattern of activity. And, unfortunately, we have some of those folks here (and that's just my opinion, of course). I am rethinking my own practice of just hitting the ignore button as this means I won't be able to report something that person might say to someone new to the site.I know that sometimes I have come across as ... grumpy ... let's say that. And if someone asks about it, I'll certainly apologize and clarify comments because we're all here to talk about things we love, right?</blockquote>