I like your post. In general, I agree with it. We should prefer to endeavor to good communication, understanding, and education over assumption, insinuation, and accusation. However, using a bold font does not automatically make anything "yelling" - bold fonts are most-often used for 'emphasis'. So are italics fonts. What is used depends on what kind of emphasis is needed or desired. Even ALL-CAPS, at times, can be used for special emphasis without having any kind of 'yelling' intent attached to it.
Assuming that a bold font automatically means "yelling" is a bad assumption to make. The same is true for ALL-CAPS.
I use italics, bold, underline, color, etc. in various ways in my posts. It is EXTREMELY rare that I am 'angry' or "yelling" in the slightest.
I am not "yelling" in this post. I am illustrating a point. I do that a lot. I use whatever is available to me to try to "put ideas across" in [hopefully] the best-understandable way. This sometimes includes emojis as well.
There are only so many "things" available to use. And, they are used in different combinations. So - to assume that any particular "thing" used automatically has some particular meaning attached is a bit like assuming that a particular word in the Bible ALWAYS has some particular meaning attached without considering the context.
In the Bible, the overall context must be considered if you want to arrive at the proper interpretation.
In any post, the overall context must be considered if you want to arrive at the proper interpretation.
Assuming that a bold font automatically means "yelling" is a bad assumption to make. The same is true for ALL-CAPS.
I use italics, bold, underline, color, etc. in various ways in my posts. It is EXTREMELY rare that I am 'angry' or "yelling" in the slightest.
I am not "yelling" in this post. I am illustrating a point. I do that a lot. I use whatever is available to me to try to "put ideas across" in [hopefully] the best-understandable way. This sometimes includes emojis as well.
There are only so many "things" available to use. And, they are used in different combinations. So - to assume that any particular "thing" used automatically has some particular meaning attached is a bit like assuming that a particular word in the Bible ALWAYS has some particular meaning attached without considering the context.
In the Bible, the overall context must be considered if you want to arrive at the proper interpretation.
In any post, the overall context must be considered if you want to arrive at the proper interpretation.
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