… , because it feels like sentiment clarification must be included and tone tags and emoji can’t cover all possible ways a reader might find to still misinterpret a statement. (or the statement carries a hidden meaning that I never realize existed, or I have made a fool of myself for accidentally quoting something someone has said in a completely unrelated situation and somehow I still think providing more context would fix that)

  • Coelacanth
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    22
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    11 months ago

    I am feeling perceived. Bonus points if the amount of side clauses makes you reach for both commas, parentheses and dashes in a single sentence just to keep things varied.

    • narnach@feddit.nl
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      11 months ago

      How many nested layers of parentheses and separators can we get to?

      When I do a re-read (or a re-re-read, because communicating precisely to larger groups takes more preparation) I try to split convoluted braindumps with too many complications into separate sentences or even paragraphs. When I don’t… it’s sometimes a wild ride to reconstruct the brain tangents that led to the written sentence.

      • Coelacanth
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        2
        ·
        11 months ago

        We can always go full David Foster Wallace and start burying side clauses in footnotes, too!