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06-16-18
Originally Posted by Slappydavis
You're not wrong that it's harder to infer tone from text than in person, but I wouldn't call it taboo.
I think it's a taboo because text doesn't have tone. I think it's actually impossible. I've had nothing but problems when I inferred other people's tones and when they did it to me.



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06-16-18
Originally Posted by Captain Steel
One thing I can never remember is what exactly the Straw Man argument is (there are so many logical "fallacies" that I can never keep them straight).
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Straw_man

This site has articles on just about any logical fallacy you can think of. Really -- you'll find Latin phrases ad nauseum.

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