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I'm trying to reduce the hostility of my posts. What parts of this do you feel was hostile? Edit: We've hit the end of the reply chain. I see your point abou
by iaw 10y ago
I'm trying to reduce the hostility of my posts. What parts of this do you feel was hostile?
Edit: We've hit the end of the reply chain. I see your point about both the opening and closing sentences. Is there any way to say the first one without coming off as hostile? My goal/point was trying to demonstrate how patently wrong the earlier statements were.
- grzm 10y agoI commend your desire to improve your posts. That's something that's always on my mind as well. From my unsolicited, third-party perspective, two things jump out at me. - You could do without the first sentence entirely. - The insinuation that the parent is possibly a shill (an Uber employee) The rest of it is fairly neutral.
- tomcam 10y agoMost cool. Proud of you. grzm said it exactly.
- grzm 10y agoMy goal/point was trying to demonstrate how patently wrong the earlier statements were. The evidence or examples you provide should make that clear. Unless you have very strong irrefutable evidence, I would hesitate making any absolute statement declaring someone wrong. What does it gain you? No one likes to be told outright they're wrong. The goal shouldn't be to score points: it should be to reach common understanding. If this is something you'd like to cultivate further, you might find the references in my profile useful. I refer to them myself regularly.