On 6/14/2020 2:36 AM, Publius Scribonius Scholasticus wrote: > On Sun, Jun 14, 2020 at 12:44 AM Rebecca wrote: >> >> we can be a little overly rude to people who misinterpret the rules or >> forget about a rule or two but if anyone actually tries to tell you they've >> never made a similar mistake or that they actually understand and remember >> all the rules, they are lying. >> > > This is very important to remember. In the same vein, if you aren't > sure about the intended tone or if something seems direct, assume the > best because they probably aren't attacking you. >
Yah, I think a thing to remember is that we channel academia a fair amount - i.e. one of the first lessons in grad school is that if someone hands you back a manuscript of your life's work dripping in red ink with terse comments like "this sentence is completely unsupported and probably wrong" it's not about you, it actually means they respect you enough to spend time scrutinizing every detail.
