> If you do not have enough information to know 100% what the intention of the other person is That's the thing - you almost never do. > How you interpret tho

> If you do not have enough information to know 100% what the intention of the other person is That's the thing - you almost never do. > How you interpret those is absolutely a choice The crux of the problem here is putting that choice on the reader instead of leaving them without one. Communicating emotion in text solves this issue of interpretation.