The anonymous thing is mostly me realising that I hardly ever criticise people, wanting to practice, but knowing I’m going to make a ton of mistakes as I’m kinda new to this! I refrain from criticising people out of fear, so I thought I’d hide a bit under a cloak of anonymity until I get more skilled at this (also criticism is a particularly emotional thing so I don’t want to unfairly tarnish my reputation after a few early mistakes).
Sorry again for the initial upset this probably caused. Fortunately, I’m pretty sure the community’s on your side (I mean, I am, for starters!)
The anonymous thing is mostly me realising that I hardly ever criticise people, wanting to practice, but knowing I’m going to make a ton of mistakes as I’m kinda new to this
I found this baffling. Rough analogy: “I hard ever punch people, so I thought I’d practise on you”. You should criticise people if and when they merit criticism, not because you want to practise. I would have expected you caused a great deal of upset to Brendon (this would have upset me greatly), which, for the question benefit of ‘practising criticism’ does not seem justified. I urge you to refrain from this sort of thing in future. If you want to improve in a safer way, I suggest you write up your criticisms and then show them to someone else to collect feedback before deciding whether or not to post them.
Oh man, that’s not what I meant, sorry! I wasn’t deliberately overdoing it for practice (and I’ve generally been much more critical on here than I am in person, I haven’t singled out Brendon). I have doubts about people’s reasoning in my mind all the time, but it’s very rare that I say them out loud, and thereby give others the chance to learn from them, present evidence to the contrary or say how they think I’m being irrational. I was just trying to express my doubts out loud the way other people seem to, but I knew I’d make some mistakes and I really did fuck up.
Don’t worry, I’ve given up on the idea. I’ll shut down my account if I can (struggling to find the option right now), and I don’t plan on starting any more.
Ah this is awesome. Thank you. And sorry.
The anonymous thing is mostly me realising that I hardly ever criticise people, wanting to practice, but knowing I’m going to make a ton of mistakes as I’m kinda new to this! I refrain from criticising people out of fear, so I thought I’d hide a bit under a cloak of anonymity until I get more skilled at this (also criticism is a particularly emotional thing so I don’t want to unfairly tarnish my reputation after a few early mistakes).
Sorry again for the initial upset this probably caused. Fortunately, I’m pretty sure the community’s on your side (I mean, I am, for starters!)
I found this baffling. Rough analogy: “I hard ever punch people, so I thought I’d practise on you”. You should criticise people if and when they merit criticism, not because you want to practise. I would have expected you caused a great deal of upset to Brendon (this would have upset me greatly), which, for the question benefit of ‘practising criticism’ does not seem justified. I urge you to refrain from this sort of thing in future. If you want to improve in a safer way, I suggest you write up your criticisms and then show them to someone else to collect feedback before deciding whether or not to post them.
Oh man, that’s not what I meant, sorry! I wasn’t deliberately overdoing it for practice (and I’ve generally been much more critical on here than I am in person, I haven’t singled out Brendon). I have doubts about people’s reasoning in my mind all the time, but it’s very rare that I say them out loud, and thereby give others the chance to learn from them, present evidence to the contrary or say how they think I’m being irrational. I was just trying to express my doubts out loud the way other people seem to, but I knew I’d make some mistakes and I really did fuck up.
Don’t worry, I’ve given up on the idea. I’ll shut down my account if I can (struggling to find the option right now), and I don’t plan on starting any more.
Sorry again.
Maybe just send the feedback privately next time?
FYI I spent five karma points to say this to you, so you better take it seriously.