The "I Didn't Comment in Another Thread" Thread

[prabe]

Certainly not, however, some people just want to interpret things the way that they want to interpret them. On this board there have been several times that I've been berated for AGREEING with a poster.

Absolutely. It is also true that not all failures to communicate can be heaped on the writers' head.

In other news, motivated reasoning is a helluva drug.

 

[overgeeked]

If someone fails to understand something you wrote, it's worth considering the possibility you didn't write it as clearly as you intended to. Not all failure to understand can be laid at the feet of the reader.

It’s almost as if the solution is more empathy and understanding, not less.

 

[Ryujin]

My favorite is when someone posts X, I spend the time to explain why I think X is wrong and it is actually Y, and they return to say they meant Y all along! It feels like gaslighting.

If I'm objectively wrong about something then I'll likely admit it. Why not? But if I'm being talked down to, it's best to just walk away. I know that my response will not be... civil.

 

[CleverNickName]

Which do you think will happen first:

EN World members agreeing on what "a psion" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "marshal" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "gish" should be, or
the eventual heat-death of the universe?

 

[darjr]

Which do you think will happen first:

EN World members agreeing on what "a psion" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "marshal" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "gish" should be, or
the eventual heat-death of the universe?

No Ranger?

 

[CleverNickName]

No Ranger?

Isn't it the third on the list?

 

[billd91]

Which do you think will happen first:

EN World members agreeing on what "a psion" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "marshal" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "gish" should be

Not sure about any of those but I expect to be building igloos in Hell long before any of them occur.

 

[prabe]

Which do you think will happen first:

EN World members agreeing on what "a psion" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "marshal" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "gish" should be, or
the eventual heat-death of the universe?

I, for one, welcome our entropic overlords.

 

[overgeeked]

Which do you think will happen first:

EN World members agreeing on what "a psion" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "marshal" should be, or
EN World members agreeing on what a "gish" should be, or
the eventual heat-death of the universe?

Heat-death of the universe. Definitely.

Did you mean martial there as in a non-magical fighter type or marshal as in an old west lawman?

 

[CleverNickName]

Did you mean martial there as in a non-magical fighter type or marshal as in an old west lawman?

I meant the non-magical fighter type, but didn't want to say it directly because that always starts an argument. "Yes yes, we know that 4th Edition isn't 5th Edition, thanks for noticing."