Virtual correspondence is a horrible way to hold a conversation with someone when trying to exchange ideas between diverging opinions.You each read what you want into the other person's statements. You can't read body language. You can't stop them before they get too far off the deep end on what they think you meant. And they can't hear you laughing at yourself. I think this last point the is biggest reason it's so bad.
Also, I think texting makes it hard to teach kids how to communicate in the real world, away from the electronics. And you don't even want to get me started on the deterioration of handwriting skills of the rising generation...
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I am the WORST at this. I always let myself get into important conversations-usually via text-rather than having them in person.
More often than not someone is offended because text can't relay intonation and subtext...
So true
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