@moistgorilla: nothing I said came anywhere close to implying that I think other people are problematic. Read the words. Especially the ones where I specifically indicated that I come from many backgrounds that value specificity so highly.<p>I said that communication is a problem between me and people who have different backgrounds. Not one single thing about that statement implies that I think it&#x27;s other people who are problematic. In fact, a two-sided situation can be problematic without either individual side actually being problematic. And in realistic terms, sometimes situations arise that are completely okay, even though both sides are equally problematic.<p>@aninhumer, it was an insulting use of the word, and I took it as both a misreading of my words and and intentions as well as a personal attack. So I don&#x27;t think cname was overreacting.<p>@gkya, I think you are putting some very severe and artificial constraints on the purpose and definition of language. In my opinion language is quite a lot more than a tool for communication. It is, for some examples, a means of mis-communication (sarcasm), a way to communicate nothing (some types of modern abstract poetry), or even a way to talk about itself in ways that no one can possibly understand, i.e. anti-communication (literary criticism comes to minds here.)<p>But in all seriousness, language can be a lot of different things at different time, just the same way that sometimes paint is just a tool to protect your house from the weather but other times paint is used to creat a work of art.<p>Music works the same way. Sometimes music is just there as a tool the department store is using to psychologically induce you to buy more things and get out faster. Sometimes music is used to create some of the greatest and most meaningful works of art mankind has ever seen.<p>Any medium that can be used as &quot;a tool for communication&quot; can be used as something else entirely. And it doesn&#x27;t necessarily involve communication.<p>In my opinion, your comment was the least likely interpretation of what I said about my ability to interact with other people. You might want to try reading what I wrote again because, as I mention in my post, I tend to be quite specific about what I say. In case I need to clarify that, when either speaking or writing, I do my best to make sure that no one needs to try to infer anything from what I say.<p>This is the last I will say on this thread. I didn&#x27;t mean for it to be about me. I meant to affirm the thoughts and fears of the original article and to add my own thoughts and perspective because the article resonated with me.<p>That&#x27;s all.