I think you're right, but anger actually works better in person. The problem with anger over text, especially email, is that the angry message sits there and s

I think you're right, but anger actually works better in person. The problem with anger over text, especially email, is that the angry message sits there and stews and stays angry at the recipient for hours or days. And they have lots of time to stew themselves and consider their response and go over lots of counter-anger thoughts in their own mind, before sending something back. In-person anger can come and go quickly; it gets resolved; it doesn't continue for hours and hours and wear people down. Especially the way men interact (in some subcultures), anger is just a way to communicate a sense of urgency or import, and can quickly reverse into relief and camaraderie once it's acknowledged. (Of course this isn't universal, but it is a style that can work depending on context and culture, and if it's not overused).