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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

Bullet points. If you don't have a rapport spell things out paragraph style and then finish the email off with something like this...

So considering the above I'd like to get your opinion on these points:

  1. Do you think the widget should be blue or orange?

  2. Given the expected market impact do we want to bring in PR for our e-widget announcement?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

OP's last paragraph contains three question marks and essentially one question - the first is their actual question with the following two being escalating statements. If you threw this into a work email with five other questions some people's brains would seize up and just refuse to answer more than one question because they're not certain if there are six or eight genuine questions.

In life and especially a professional setting we're interacting with people in the top 1% of communication skills... and the bottom 25%.

[–] [email protected] 132 points 3 days ago (18 children)

Considering your wording in the last paragraph, I'm going to guess that your writing style is frequently overwhelming. Making sure that questions are clearly isolated (I'd suggest using numeric lists or bullet points) makes it clear what response you're expecting.

Additionally, if you're asking several difficult questions, it's likely that people will lose the thread partway through.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

I don't always namespace but when I do I fully qualify.

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago (4 children)

Will the US comply with EU regulation?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Be very careful with mutual funds in this climate. Most are heavily weighted towards the Mag7 which include some of the most massively overinflated stocks.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

I moved my stocks into non-US bonds and GICs when the first round of tariffs against us (Canada) happened. At this point I think it'd be a terrible idea to jump ship because you'll realize that loss.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Yeah \r gang4lyfe

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I'm on side \PHP_EOL

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

With our powers united we will summon Captain Planet!

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Senility and specialty.

People get old and their brains break - it happens to us all.

People who are good at a thing are considered to be good - which they aren't necessarily. Someone who is good at hockey or while being managed by a PR team isn't necessarily a good chef or a good woodworker... this might sound obvious in those cases but people constantly make this mistake when it comes to politics.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

I wish I could crash like that bird is crashing. I'm literally seething with jealousy.

 

Their website: https://www.taxpayer.com/

This organization is conservative oriented and advocating against tax auto filing to keep H&R Block and similar rent seekers in business.

Stand strong and in favor of tax auto filing to reduce fraud and waste - there is no reason the government shouldn't estimate our taxes for us.

 

Just a sanity check here but... yall ever been mid conversation with someone and confused that they've forgotten a thing you talked about... until you realize that previous conversation took place entirely in your head?

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