> How do you know with such certainty that what he wrote isn't what he thinks? Do you want an actual, serious answer? So, I try to always get at the subtext o

> How do you know with such certainty that what he wrote isn't what he thinks? Do you want an actual, serious answer? So, I try to always get at the subtext of people's words. You never 100% know for sure what anyone else is thinking, but you can put some intelligent guesses on it, and then ask people what they're actually thinking and see if you're right. If you practice, you get better at it. Figuring out what people are thinking when they say something is just a skill like any other, and can be improved by practice. His tone there ignores all the points that were made, and focuses on the most petty interpretation of my actions. I had research numbers, trends, talked about marketing/distribution shifts, whatever... so what's he really mean with his snark? I'm being really open here, maybe it's offensive, but here's how I analyzed it - I think the emotion is roughly "I don't like this!!" and he doesn't analyze why. He then takes the worst possible interpretation, and puts that up in to assert some sort of... aloof superiority? It's hard to put great words on this, but he's basically writing off everything I said about trends, distribution, agency, everything with a hand wave. Why do that? Because he had some negative emotional reaction, of course. But instead of asking himself, "Why do I dislike this?" and saying that, he just snarks out and gets passive aggressive. Honestly - again, hyper-honesty - I think it's pretty weak and pathetic. Call me arrogant, say my tone is wrong, disagree with my analysis, call me a dick, say my points are out of touch, whatever, honesty is cool and we can work with. But ["I don't like this!!" -> Snark] is... well, it's weak, don't you think?