--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "Rory Goff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > <snip> > > > The real problem is when the lols and smiley faces > > > don't seem to belong to what you're actually saying. > > > > Yes, I understand how you feel that this often makes me look > > insincere. That is when (IMO) they would often appear to be > > *especially* useful, as they are intended to lighten up what > > otherwise may sound far heavier and more solemn than is my intent. > > Actually they have exactly the opposite effect. > They call attention to the heaviness because > they're so discordant with it.
There is no heaviness. There is only your perception of lightness as "heavy." Not everyone sees things that way. > They make it > seem as though the heaviness is *so* heavy > that you feel you have to disguise it or put > protective padding around it, whereas a bit of > straightforward, up-front heaviness wouldn't > tend to stand out the same way and would just > be taken as a matter of course. Your call, of course, but to be honest you are not exactly someone I would count on as an expert in humor or lightness. I have seen so little of it coming from you over the years that I have my doubts about your ability to recognize it in others. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get fast access to your favorite Yahoo! Groups. Make Yahoo! your home page http://us.click.yahoo.com/dpRU5A/wUILAA/yQLSAA/JjtolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
