

Consumer Reports points to reception issues








Updated 7/12/2010 @ 9:54 pm



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RE: Just buy a Microcell.
By bhieb on 7/13/2010 2:07:17 PM , Rating: 3
Ok, then how many people "not getting it" does there need to be in order for it to be the author's inability to convey it vs. your assumption that it is the reader's fault. IMO, in written communications the reader cannot "take something wrong", rather only the author can poorly convey it.

Your assertion that it is somehow the reader's fault is incorrect. If, as you say, "most of the people on the internet don't get it", then I'd suggest that if the majority cannot then the ineptness lies with the author. Most of the author's on the internet cannot accurately convey it. Clearly that was the case here as there was more than one person that did not pick up on it.

Sarcasm is a tricky thing. Stating something (verbally or in writing) that is the opposite of what you mean, is not easy to convey or comprehend. My only contention was that your assertion that it is the reader's fault (or stupidity as you so implied), is not entirely accurate.

RE: Just buy a Microcell.
By tigen on 7/13/2010 2:16:39 PM , Rating: 2

Except in reality people have reading comprehension issues, or else they just make mistakes. Or someone could be slightly stupid. Recognizing sarcasm, or at least the possibility of it, just takes a moment of thought instead of taking something, knee-jerk, on face value.

Although sarcasm seems culture-related too. Also, the related phenomenon of deliberately misleading somebody as a joke. You need to have been bitten by it to recognize it.

