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Even if we stop with the puns, though, I feel confident that Tres'll bridge the gaps between us.
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When y'all are done with the loco puns, I assume you'll be moving on to flat math and Detroit-related ones?
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I think your doing fine. Maybe some people mistake your directness for bad manners. I try not to be overly sensitive about others comments and try to absorb the content and not the presentation of more emotional posts.
That being said, I know I have come off as rude before, but If I feel strongly about something, I'm not going sugar-coat my opinion. (There was a thread in which someone made that statement that Christianity was as violent as Islam, and I didn't have very nice things to say about the intellectual dishonesty of the person who said it.) However If I stick my foot in my mouth I will apologize, and I don't take offense if the roles are reversed and someone goes off the handle on me.
I guess what I'm trying to say is don't worry about it, you can't please everybody, and as long as your not insulting people personally or trolling you should be O.K. Posts: 278 | Registered: Apr 2004
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Your current PFD reminded me of this one and so rather than disrupt that thread, I thought I'd come over here and offer you some more pointers on how to relate better with people here.
So here are the pointers, in no particular order.
1. Stop making up new words and acronyms. English is not your native language. As a result you don't understand how your new words are going to sound to a native English speaker. English is full of lots and lots of really good words, 3 times as many as any other language. With a little research you should be able to find an existing English word that expresses what you mean far better than the terms you make up.
2. Be respectful towards what other people consider sacred or of great worth. When people hold something as sacred, weird terms, funny spellings, creative acronyms and such will come across a disrespectful whether you intend them to or not. In these areas its best to tread lightly and err on the side of caution. Most people here can joke and laugh about their religion but there are limits. When you aren't intimately familiar with the language and culture of others its too easy to over step those limits without meaning to.
3. Lists of questions generally make for dull threads. People too often post their answers and move on. In such threads I rarely see anyone respond to anyone's answers so dialog never develops.
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#3 is the biggie. Why the heck would people want to respond to a survey about their beliefs? No one cares about #2 if your topic is at least interesting, but surveys are inherently uninteresting.
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