We can taboo “nice”, and say instead “thinking about how my comment will make people feel, and revising it before I post it if the tone seems antagonistic or otherwise likely to distract from the underlying point”.
Instead of tabooing a perfectly good word, how about we just agree to define “nice” as “thinking about how my comment will make people feel, and revising it before I post it if the tone seems antagonistic or otherwise likely to distract from the underlying point”?
Instead of tabooing a perfectly good word, how about we just agree to define “nice” as “thinking about how my comment will make people feel, and revising it before I post it if the tone seems antagonistic or otherwise likely to distract from the underlying point”?
Taboo in this sense, I think.
I meant taboo in that sense, yes.
Erm, I see. Sorry :-)