07-06-2008, 02:50 AM
I recently started to add "disclaimer" to my posts.
I noticed,Janel did it too on the funny remark on Kahunascott.
I am sure there are other people doing so.
May be it is not a bad idea.Just to avoid unnecessary confrontation,when someone gets upset as a result of pure misunderstanding.
It's not WHAT you say,it's HOW you say it.
Though for most of the time you can recognize mean intention through the nice words and vice versa,but depending on how attentively a person read the post sometimes misunderstanding comes out of the blue.
Like recently,I was joking that it was not a good idea to twist Carey's arm to participate in some event because she has Jimbo( Rambo?).
I like jokes,because it helps to deal with a lot of stuff,far from being funny. Anyway,all of a sudden I got a pretty serious response.
It was OK,polite and such,but...
I have to respond that I was JK.No big deal.But I've seen worse recently.
Of course,a disclaimer might not be true or sincere.
If the forum troll will post a disclaimer "I am not trolling" ....
Well,it's not a remedy for peace on the forum,but might be helpful.What do you think?
Disclaimer: I did not invent the term "disclaimer" and not the first to use it on this forum.)):
I noticed,Janel did it too on the funny remark on Kahunascott.
I am sure there are other people doing so.
May be it is not a bad idea.Just to avoid unnecessary confrontation,when someone gets upset as a result of pure misunderstanding.
It's not WHAT you say,it's HOW you say it.
Though for most of the time you can recognize mean intention through the nice words and vice versa,but depending on how attentively a person read the post sometimes misunderstanding comes out of the blue.
Like recently,I was joking that it was not a good idea to twist Carey's arm to participate in some event because she has Jimbo( Rambo?).
I like jokes,because it helps to deal with a lot of stuff,far from being funny. Anyway,all of a sudden I got a pretty serious response.
It was OK,polite and such,but...
I have to respond that I was JK.No big deal.But I've seen worse recently.
Of course,a disclaimer might not be true or sincere.
If the forum troll will post a disclaimer "I am not trolling" ....
Well,it's not a remedy for peace on the forum,but might be helpful.What do you think?
Disclaimer: I did not invent the term "disclaimer" and not the first to use it on this forum.)):
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just ask a question first.