I often find I have nothing more to say than “I agree with this comment” to someone who has replied to me, which I don’t consider worthy of a comment so I just remain silent. I don’t know how much this gives the false impression that they and I are arguing.
Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.
I often find I have nothing more to say than “I agree with this comment” to someone who has replied to me, which I don’t consider worthy of a comment so I just remain silent. I don’t know how much this gives the false impression that they and I are arguing.
Once or twice I’ve wound up in an exchange where, as far as I can tell, I and my correspondent both held the same position on a subject, but they seemed to think I was disagreeing with them. I think this is especially hazardous in an environment where people pose hypotheticals, counterfactuals and thought experiments as a matter of course.
This is a problem I’ve run into sometimes.