tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477470650674375229.post5589416831580277488..comments2022-11-30T06:49:26.200-05:00Comments on absonant: sarcasm, the three C's, and taking things seriouslyajbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02982211257849780714noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477470650674375229.post-75123802571865748672011-05-18T17:16:48.756-04:002011-05-18T17:16:48.756-04:00I was writing primarily with socialization in mind...I was writing primarily with socialization in mind, yes, but I think it applies to other things as well. For the software design example you gave, you're presuming that the missing information is important, which is probably is, but my not be in all cases. Perhaps the old feed format had way too much information and the new one is more streamlined. Morality in the broadest sense is defining what is good and bad; one moral context would be "too much information is bad" and another might be "missing this information we need is bad." The two might be compatible or mutually exclusive. If two collaborating software developers have contradicting "morals," that's going to be problematic. Sometimes our judgements are made without enough information and our morality changes as we obtain more knowledge.<br /><br />As to the second part of your comment, I don't think they should generally be avoided...I guess I didn't make that clear enough. In fact, I wanted to explore them in more detail because I didn't like the general assertion made in the original 3C/1S post. The take away I was looking for was that it's more complicated that strict avoidance and that understanding the differences between the the C's and the importance of context helps us use them properly.ajbchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03995709646880359206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2477470650674375229.post-35958489029135302422011-05-18T16:59:13.243-04:002011-05-18T16:59:13.243-04:00Are you talking about these only with respect to p...Are you talking about these only with respect to people? Are you trying to cover things like criticizing the design of a system? Because if I say something like "the new feed format is missing information we need and could get from the old one", I'm criticizing it, but I don't see a moral context.<br /><br />I also don't see how complaint/comparison/criticism should be generally avoided. At least while working I find I need to do a lot of them.Jeff Kaufmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05217761573789213949noreply@blogger.com