“I’m just a soul whose intentions are good.
O Lord, don’t let me be misunderstood.” The Animals
When I first tried typing in a chat I condensed the phrase “If you know me” to “F U know me.” I was surprised by the response I got—“Fuck U 2”.
I think we here at ILP are trying hard to be understood in our posts and threads. This is not always possible. So what would you lay the blame on for causing the most misunderstandings? Grammar? Logic? Being inarticulate? Lacking in philosophic or scientific understanding? Other?
most of these persons are not happy with themselves…they are angry…they want to put others down…they need to feel superior…that does not lead to happiness…
it leads to loneliness…
I think that a lot of the misunderstanding comes from people who fail to pay attention to what is being said, too caught up in what they might expect to see or too caught up in what they might say in response. Personally, I’ve had to train my self to actually read through every part of what a person says if I’m going to respond to them as it is both courtesy and respect to them and to myself. I think that the lack of tone can cause confusion and misunderstanding and yet I see it as much here as I do in real life, not more; so it’s not the tone, just what people choose to pay attention to and what not to pay attention to. I’ve seen people too caught up in what they were talking about to care about the non-interest of others even as I tried to be interested for the sake of my friend.
Too many factors play a part in it, to be honest, but it comes down mostly to not understanding words, to not taking the time to pay attention to every word that is said or to be aware of or respect the fact that a single word can change the entire meaning of something along with the fact that a lot of people lack intuitive reading in terms of being able to replace typos and wrong words. Then you have people who view themselves to be more intelligent than they are or stupider than they are and the fog that exists in all peoples heads some times making them unable to focus on what is going.
A lot of it, I think, is just outbursts and lack of control of self for still being caught up in life itself to the point of nearly drowning in metaphorical water that you could just stand up in and be fine.
Good response. But, really, can the reading of a post ever be separate from anticipation of one’s response to the post? I realize that having an agenda can cause misinterpretation in reading a post.