Originally Posted by
NeedKarma
Sarcasm and joking tones are hard to convey in this written world of the internet, some may infer that she'd actually like to kill people that annoy her.
Also look back at the comment that J_9 posted in candybabe's first post in this thread. No teenager likes to be told they're too young to understand things, I thought that was common knowledge.
This is something I've spoken about often. I took a communications class once where we were told that words only comprise 30% of communication. The other 70% constitutes tone of voice, facial expression and body language. So written communication lacks 70% of what we communicate with. That's why we add emoticons (smilies) and use of CAPS or bolding, to substitute, somewhat for the missing 70%.
I too missed that remark (about killing) the first read through. But I can understand Candy's reaction to it. In J 9's defense, the forum topic is Humor & Comedy, so the remark shouldn't have been taken seriously. Still, I think the remark was in poor taste. If I had made the mistake of posting a remark like that I would edit it out and apologize to the membership. But then that's just my personal philosophy.