When I say “dog”….

[Racinfan83]

We have had this discussion many times on the other forum I moderate. The judicious use of the "emoticons" can sometimes help with one's understanding of what is written. Maybe it sounds "funny" to some - but they can really go a long way toward diffusing one's perception of what is written...

[scottfab]

Originally Posted by Racinfan83

We have had this discussion many times on the other forum I moderate. The judicious use of the "emoticons" can sometimes help with one's understanding of what is written. Maybe it sounds "funny" to some - but they can really go a long way toward diffusing one's perception of what is written...

And that is truly the job of a moderator too, to step in and "defuse" things when a comment is taken wrong or the true impact of a comment is not understood by the author.

[scottfab]

Originally Posted by efnfast

I see a lot of people getting bent over stuff I can't figure out. Like when you tell a chick anything, all she hears is how fat you just called her. People read stuff into things that a lot of the rest of us don't see. Then there is the lack of emotion in a keyboard "What I said and what she heard are two very different things."

Ain't that the truth.

[Hog]

Originally Posted by scottfab

And that is truly the job of a moderator too, to step in and "defuse" things when a comment is taken wrong or the true impact of a comment is not understood by the author.

I thought a moderator's job was to CLOSE threads.(sarc)


When I read the word dog, in my head I was thinking about driving an automatic 5.0 Mustang and from a red light, going WOT and thinking to myself "Man this thing is a DOG".

[scottfab]

Originally Posted by Hog

I thought a moderator's job was to CLOSE threads.(sarc)


When I read the word dog, in my head I was thinking about driving an automatic 5.0 Mustang and from a red light, going WOT and thinking to myself "Man this thing is a DOG".

In the old days I'd of said something witty here.
I'm pretty scared these days to do so. Seriously.