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Re:Written communication is remote work super power by cperrine on Friday June 19, 2020 @06:37PM (#23579565)
"I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant."
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Re:Written communication is remote work super power by Aeolun on Friday June 19, 2020 @11:51PM (#23581473)
Can be shortened to “Hey! Listen!”
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Re:Written communication is remote work super power by mattcwilson on Saturday June 20, 2020 @09:07AM (#23583726)
Not without loss of several significant subtextual channels: respect, clarity, and intent to name a few. Communication is a discipline; verbal shorthands like these are analogous to copy/paste laziness over thoughtful, intentional code.
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