01-19-2017, 04:00 AM
OK thank you for the answers; I guess this post has pretty much run its course. The one thing I will add is very rarely, I find an email may upset someone, when it's Point is to do just the opposite and possibly help a situation through humor. In such situations, sometimes you have to mark a sentence with some sort of Mark that helps the reader know it's a joke or you are being sarcastic but in a harmless way. I don't know if the latter is possible I'm just tired and having a tough time searching for the right words here. So I tend to use :-) faces or a peace sign or something like that as I mean a smiley face or a wink face what is more harmless than that. As I said in the early days of the Internet LOL was used, at least in my experience on anonymous news groups, as a way of others trying to act superior to the people whose post they were commenting. And often they didn't explain why, they just made a rude remark and then said LOL, so that's why I had my issues with it early on, but now they have obviously faded. OK pretty much done I just want to explain my side after hearing you guys comment. I just hope the Internet starts approaching its potential, as there is so so much good it can provide in terms of communication and mutual understanding, this site is a great example. But all good things in time. ✌️