In which we talk about talking

[Token]

Originally Posted by The Wandering God

What do you have against communication?

Communication is too close to communism. Therefore it's horrible, and you are horrible for liking it.

[Fifthfiend]

How to communicate better:

Step 1:

Make Barrel stop posting

[The SSB Intern]

The secret to communicating effectively is to not be me.

I like the internet. It gave me porn.

You have this backwards.

[bluestarultor]

Talking is honestly a lot easier than typing. You get to emote clearly right on the spot without having to specifically add anything extra. Plus you don't have to deal with people spamming emotion in most cases, unlike many people on the Internet.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Originally Posted by The Wandering God

Let's just break this down.
Why are they forever sundered? Hasn't there been plenty of cases where languages simply stopped being spoken because of an outside influence? And that the farther apart people were, the more apt languages were to be different?

Meaning that familiarity eventually becomes recognition.

Why can't you form a concept? A concept is just a thought, it's the easiest thing to mold.


Are you basically saying that there is a certain lack of empathy needed for the willingness to consort with others?

I would comment but...

Originally Posted by Fifthfiend

How to communicate better:

Step 1:

Make Barrel stop posting

[TDK]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Talking is honestly a lot easier than typing. You get to emote clearly right on the spot without having to specifically add anything extra. Plus you don't have to deal with people spamming emotion in most cases, unlike many people on the Internet.

I feel that the opposite is true, I have a much easier time communicating through text, especially emoting. Typing "" is much easier than smiling.

For me, anyway.

[A Zarkin' Frood]

Text based communication is easier for me too. I'm still learning some tricks in this verbal communication thing that's all the rage these days, though. Back when I was a kid we had only IRC and none of this Skype nonsense.

Oh, you mean like... talking to a person right in front of me? Oh, the horror that people are.

EDIT: Today I talked to someone, it was nice.

[Magic_Marker]

Receiving message:

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Irrevocably seperated dialogues renders conversation beyond the trivial and mundane inherentely flawed and conceptually impossible. Thread over!

Translating:

Because two human minds can never transmit ideas with absolute accuracy, leading to misunderstanding, incoherence and believing you understand the other mind's thoughts when really you only understand part of it, conversation that is not about trivial topics is deeply flawed. It is Smarty's position that because of said flaws the attempt at conversation, at least true conversation, is impossible.


In response:

However, while it may be true that you can never gain true understanding in conversation, at least without some alien technology, Just because the endeavor is asymptotic does not mean that it is not worth undertaking. While we can never truly fully understand another with complete clarity, we can sometimes come very close, and these insights make operating with other minds worth the effort.

[Professor Smarmiarty]

Your translation of my original statement is completely flawed and completely misrepresentive of my premises. Point further validated.

[Ryanderman]

Originally Posted by Smarty McBarrelpants

Your translation of my original statement is completely flawed and completely misrepresentive of my premises. Point further validated.

Unless it's your interpretation of his translation of your statement that is flawed. In which case, your point is... Also validated.