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<blockquote data-quote="STM" data-source="post: 333308" data-attributes="member: 12827">Re: How To Bring The &quot;Constructive&quot; Back To &quot;Constructive Criticism&quot;One of the greatest drawbacks to the internet is that words must be taken purely at face value. Facial expressions and voice inflection are totally absent. Something spoken in jest person to person can be easily mistaken for malicious on the web. I have a very sarcastic and biting wit, it comes from over two decades of living in one of the &quot;toughest crowds&quot; on the planet.......US Army Infantry. So if I bust on you, 99% of the time it is just a innocent and good natured ribbing. But for us grunts the overwhelming majority of it was in jest. But to the outside observer it would come across as &quot;man, these guys HATE each other!&quot;&nbsp; It is an extraordinarily stressful environment and ribbing each other is a way of dealing with it. I was closer to many of my soldiers than I was to my own brother and sister. Combat has a way of doing that to people.This is something we all have to be cognizant of when posting. So before you post the &quot;send&quot; button, think about how your words will be perceived by the recipient in the absence of face to face contact.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="STM, post: 333308, member: 12827"] [b]Re: How To Bring The "Constructive" Back To "Constructive Criticism"[/b] One of the greatest drawbacks to the internet is that words must be taken purely at [I]face value[/I]. Facial expressions and voice inflection are totally absent. Something spoken in jest person to person can be easily mistaken for malicious on the web. I have a very sarcastic and biting wit, it comes from over two decades of living in one of the "toughest crowds" on the planet.......US Army Infantry. So if I bust on you, 99% of the time it is just a innocent and good natured ribbing. But for us grunts the overwhelming majority of it was in jest. But to the outside observer it would come across as "man, these guys [I]HATE[/I] each other!" It is an extraordinarily stressful environment and ribbing each other is a way of dealing with it. I was closer to many of my soldiers than I was to my own brother and sister. Combat has a way of doing that to people. This is something we all have to be cognizant of when posting. So before you post the "send" button, think about how your words will be perceived by the recipient in the absence of face to face contact. [/QUOTE]

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