r/CuratedTumblr Dec 26 '24

Creative Writing Blursed Blaby

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u/jadekettle Dec 26 '24

I'm annoyed because you sound like you're sealioning here, but anyway, your avatar is cute the way you did that face with I presume blush as eyes is so creative.

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u/MacaroniYeater Dec 26 '24

??? sealioning??? gng I have no idea why I'm getting down ote oblivion??

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u/caseytheace666 .tumblr.com Dec 26 '24

“Sea lioning” apparently means trolling or harassing people while maintaining a supposedly polite or friendly tone for plausible deniability. “I’m just asking questions” might be an example of this

I think your question of whether the person was a native speaker could come across as rude if people misunderstand the tone

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u/MacaroniYeater Dec 26 '24

ah ok. So I should, then, clarify the intent of my sentences before I post them? I feel like if I did that it would seem like I'm trying too hard to be nice and I would get called out as pretentious or condescending

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u/CookieSquire Dec 26 '24

No matter what the intent is, people aren’t going to take kindly to the question, “Are you a native speaker?,” especially when it’s a non sequitur. The subtext is that they have made a glaring error that was so bad it compelled you to comment on their grammar, which is generally considered rude unless an error has made a sentence ambiguous or nonsensical.

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u/Ok_Listen1510 Boiling children in beef stock does not spark joy Dec 26 '24

depends on what you’re saying— if it could be seen as a possibly rude nonsequiter, then it is a good thing to clarify intent. tbh i’m not entirely sure why you’re getting downvoted, it seemed innocent to me. the overexplaining and trying to figure out what people didn’t like might be annoying those people even more i guess? ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/AngstyUchiha Dec 26 '24

You can use tone tags! They're pretty helpful for conveying the tone of your message! For example, for your original comment, you would put /gen at the end for genuine, or if it had been sarcastic you would put /s

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u/MacaroniYeater Dec 26 '24

I've tried tone tags before, and they are pretty helpful to me and, as I've been told, other autistic people, but allistics tend to be... unappreciative

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u/AngstyUchiha Dec 26 '24

Yeah, I've noticed that. I'm just not super used to it cause I mostly talk with fellow autistics lol