Anthropology Survey

[Schopenhauer]

Voice tone is both purposefully provided by the delivering party to give his message further meaning, and innately interpreted by his receiving party to understand this message. That is the reason why all of the people who posted on this thread positioned an otherwise apparently neutral sentence as "I can't reach that pen" as an implication of command, whereas it would take a purely semantic interpretation -yours- to make it only referential. There's no point for you in arguing against something that is factually true.

A tone cannot carry the meaning the deliverer is trying to create if it misinterpreted by the receiver.

Either way, if someone can't reach a pen, it simply means they cannot reach the pen.

There is no mystery to it.

[StaticElectron]

A tone cannot carry the meaning the deliverer is trying to create if it misinterpreted by the receiver.

Either way, if someone can't reach a pen, it simply means they cannot reach the pen.

There is no mystery to it.

If you say "I can't reach that pen", everyone will most likely understand you only mean that, provided you're speaking monotonously; however, if you are speaking loudly, they will think you're delivering an implicit command, if considering you are not aware of the repercussions of your own tone. In this case it is guessable they will rely on volume for interpretation in most cases. The world's population will not "stop" their interpretation of voice tone to address any specific individual; with this said, most of the world's population doesn't speak monotonously by default. In this case, the default tone set for this specific phrase would be imperative, which is why people, instead of using this phrase in atonal fashion, would much rather choose either of the other phrases provided in this study, in a preset tone.

[Schopenhauer]

If you say "I can't reach that pen", everyone will most likely understand you only mean that, if you're speaking monotonously, however, if you are speaking loudly, they will think you're delivering an implicit command, provided that you are not aware of the repercussions of your own tone. In this case it is guessable they will rely on volume for interpretation in most cases. Most of the world's population doesn't stop their interpretation of voice tone to address any specific individual; provided this, most of the world's population doesn't speak monotonously by default. In this case, the default tone set for this specific phrase would be imperative, which is why people, instead of using this phrase in atonal fashion, would much rather choose either of the other phrases provided in this study, in a set tone.

And that makes them delusional.

[StaticElectron]

And that makes them delusional.

It's nobody's fault you're linguistically impaired.

[Schopenhauer]

It's nobody's fault you're linguistically impaired.

It is their fault for hearing things that are not there.

That's a good definition for insanity.

[StaticElectron]

It is their fault for hearing things that are not there.

That's a good definition for insanity.

Your brain can't process intonation and you call those who can insane. That's delusional.

[Schopenhauer]

Your brain can't process intonation and you call those who can insane. That's delusional.

It's delusional to observe a fact as rude.

When people start to misinterpret the world based on their own reality, that's called insanity.

[StaticElectron]

It's delusional to observe a fact as rude.

The context is politeness. It is perfectly feasible, only completely foreign to you, as a fact so proven by their statistic consistency.

When people start to misinterpret the world based on their own reality, that's called insanity.

^ Exactly. 95% of people process language as a construct of semantics, intonation, implication and gesture, amidst more non-verbal characters. Your brain is incapable to process some of them, and then you assume your perception is adequate. Insane.

[Schopenhauer]

The context is politeness. It is perfectly feasible, only completely foreign to you, as proven by statistic consistency.



^ Exactly. 95% of people process language as a construct of semantics, intonation, implication and gesture, amidst more non-verbal characters. Your brain is incapable to process some of them, and then you assume your perception is adequate. Insane.

People perceive the world based on how they wish to see it.

It has nothing to do theoretics.

When people hear what is not there, it is classified by psychology as a delusion.

Finding someone rude because of a statement is a sign of that.

[StaticElectron]

You will make sense when you want to make sense.