Trivia uber alles?
Aug. 29th, 2003 02:22 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
jayIt's past 2am... it is hard to believe that I've had a 20-comment discussion in my journal this evening (filtered) that is apparently about the appropriateness of using "IMO" vs "IME" in a comment that I posted elsewhere. That's just silly. No disclaimer here. That's the sort of empty thrashing that causes me to wonder about the value of the medium... it sidesteps the actual content of the message, instead picking at communication style.
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Date: 2003-08-29 06:43 am (UTC)-J
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Date: 2003-08-29 08:48 am (UTC)I've largely been staying out of such discussions because they seem to require more time and energy than I have and I have been preferring to discuss things in person lately or (the shock! the horror!) the phone. This from someone whom hardly used to call anyone.
My question for this moment is why do some discussions become contentious while others do not? I wonder if there is some formula for avoiding that and making progress -- that is, learning something from the exchange without anyone feeling like walking away to lick their wounds.
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Date: 2003-08-29 10:28 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-08-29 10:33 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-03 11:11 pm (UTC)Why do we argue about stuff like this?
Who knows more about how to treat a bad burn?
someone who owns a stove but never puts their hand ON the burner....
or
someone who owns 12 stoves and repeatedly burns themself on said stoves.
?
I mean... both have experience and opinions. Really, I think what matters is: who has studied first aid?
Can't we just agree that they have two different ways of choosing to interact with their environment?
;)
that comment is IMHO.
;)
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Date: 2003-09-05 02:07 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-09-05 08:34 am (UTC)well look out, becuase I have only a small amount of real life
data points to back up my ever-so-sensible opinions.....
;)
(that was a wink, and a smile, BTW)
(but the data points comment is nonetheless true)