Comment by politelemon

3 years ago

Calling something silly is not direct, nor respectful.

Perhaps your view of communication with Europeans is influenced by other factors that's led you to this conclusion? (or to put it respectfully, silly)

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jpgvm  3 years ago

For me atleast as an Australian this would not be considered even remotely disrespectful.

First, it's addressing the idea rather than the person.

Secondly silly isn't used to convey an idea being bad, stupid or otherwise without merit.

The way I read this is that "I think this should address why it's not built on SSE or perhaps should be redefined to be built on SSE", silly just does that with much less words.

  • ksec  3 years ago

    I am reading all the replies and thinking the word silly seems to convey a different thing to different people. At least in the British context it is extremely mild.

    But somehow others read it as like you said "being bad, stupid or otherwise without merit."

    • jpgvm  3 years ago

      Yeah I'm honestly surprised too, but I'm Australian so effectively British for all intents and purposes when it comes to what language we find offensive (i.e very little lol).