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Communication:Do you think people use it to its fullest??


  • rejectedwisdom
    Aug 2 1:10 AM
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    Communication. One of life's most vital things. But it seems as though people don't care about it much. I am not a mind reader and if you are you should tell me. It could save a lot of time and I would know what thoughts to hide from you. Many things could be prevented if people learned to speak clearly and listen carefully. Even in phone calls, emails, texts, or plain in person conversations, things are misinterpreted all of the time! Well, I just wanted to say that so please tell me if you agree or disagree with me.

  • Oddities
    August 2
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    its about ten past elevan.

  • Barbara
    August 2
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    People hear what they want to hear sometimes... doesn't matter what the other person said or meant.

  • ablelaz
    August 2
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    Hi Barbra---People not only hear what they want, but some even read what they want to.

    In written debate it’s not all that uncommon to find people deliberately distorting what you have written, in order to strengthen they’re position.

    Of course the reverse position would be, that a persons writing was so ambiguous, as to be almost all things to all people.

    So the question is;--One: Is the reader so inept that he can’t understand written English? Two: Is the writer so poor at making his point, he can’t be intrepid correctly. Your guess is a good as mine.

    Talk to you soon---ablelaz.

  • scriptor
    August 13
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    im feeling particularly lazy so im not ganna get deep or anything

    if we used communiaction to its fullest we wouldnt have all those misscommunications, now would we? If we used communication there would be no texting.

  • Dun
    August 17
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    I've always been a fan

    of the wisdom in the movie 'Green Card' with Gerard Depardieu:

    When you are happy, smile
    when you are sad, frown

    Don't smile when you're sad or frown when you're happy. It's confusing as all hell.

    I believe in telling it like it is, as it is. So many tragedies occur unnecessarily at the behest of bad or unintended impressions. Nobody is a mind-reader. Just be honest. Abe Lincoln had it right when he said that honesty is always the best policy.

  • Myryca
    August 20
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    At church a while ago it was noted that people have never been more in touch, more contactable and more able to communicate with each other than now (mobiles, emails, chat etc) and yet people are still so distant and anonymous and cold to each other...

  • Incomplete pete
    September 10
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    A lot of things come into play here. When you ask someone how they're doing, do you really want to know? If you really want to know, how much detail do you want?

    To convolute things further, language can be very limiting. If you ask someone how he is, nd he says "fine" that can mean any one of ten thousand things, all of them perfectly valid and none of them complete.

    Additionally, we need filters. You (the general you, not the specific you) don't really want everyone's thoughts made public. Think of all the nasty things you've thought about your loved ones over the years. Would you really want that made public? Other people think the same thing about you. Often you're better off not knowing.

    You really need to look at things on a case by case basis, give and take all of the necessary information, and nothing more and nothing less.
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