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Broadly speaking, a little over 90% of human communication is done non-verbally. The words we use convey virtually no information whatsoever about what we& #39;re communicating. It& #39;s an important thing to remember when you talk on a text-based medium, like the internet.
To you, your joke, sarcastic comment, insightful tidbit, sounds exactly as you intend, because you& #39;re still working with 100% of what you& #39;re trying to convey, as well as having the context, but the person on the other end can only see 10% of what you& #39;re communicating.
It can be made easier with things like emojis and text formatting, but if you don& #39;t include them then there& #39;s no contextual clues as to the intent of what you& #39;re saying.
Analysis of communication requires observation of 3 things
context - the situation and environment
clusters - groupings of expressions
congruence - that they all fit together
context - the situation and environment
clusters - groupings of expressions
congruence - that they all fit together
Text based mediums lack context and you only have 1 datum to work with, so clusters and congruence is virtually impossible to observe. You can& #39;t ever properly analyse what someone is saying if they& #39;re only using words.
For most people, analysis of communication is done on a subconscious level, people don& #39;t typically look for leaking facial expressions and shifts in tone. You might notice it, but you analyse it subconsciously. That can& #39;t be done on a text-based medium, like the internet.
My point is, if you tell a joke on this site that& #39;s satirical or sarcastic and give ZERO indication that you& #39;re being satircal through the use of emojis or text formatting, it& #39;s not other peoples& #39; fault that they don& #39;t understand your joke and think you& #39;re serious.
This thread inspired by the person I just saw pissed off because everyone thought they were being serious when they said self-isolation is revealing who& #39;s really introverted and who is pretending to be because it makes them sound cool.
