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Re: [microsound]Sense of irony (does it exist on microsound?)



Arie van Schutterhoef wrote:
Recently I made a rather admittedly inproper comment on a person's
enthusiastic endorsement of a logig plug-in. The most striking result
of my ironically intended comment was, that people regarded it as being
a personal attack on the message's instigator. This was certainly not
the case, because I don't know the person, so every person attack placed, is
rather futile... But the most striking point is that people are not capable
of taking each message on its own merits, but rather like to fit it into
their own set of preconceptions. If this is hte case, I think this is
bad for the microsound-list. I thought its members are wiser and erudite,
considering its wide global (planetary almost galactic) membership)...

But perhaps I'm wrong...

The borders between irony and insulting somone could be very small, a
simple smiley could have made it clear.
I think there was not a lack of sense of irony, the comment could have been possibly misunderstood for the simple reason that it was the first reply to a question which expressed a demand for a serious answer.


It was also not about telling you, that you're actually attacking somebody, its more ment as a protection for someone who could possibly understand this as an attack. In this regard the community does function pretty well.

Actually all answers to your comment could also be seen as ironic
answers ;-)

But seriously, thanks for clarifying...

Lets laugh a bit about it and go on jammin'

Stefan

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