Re: OT: Empaths?

On Tue, 7 Feb 2006 tomhchappell wrote:
>
> --- In conlang@yahoogroups.com, Remi Villatel <maxilys@...> wrote:
> >
> > Sai Emrys wrote:
> >
> > > As a potentially complete tangent: do any of you happen to be
> empaths?
> >[snip]
> > ObConlang: Maybe we, conlangers, have communication problems --It's
> far
> > from easy being an empath amongst "deaf" people.-- and
> that's why we
> > spend our time inventing new ways to express ourselves?
>
> I'm "dumb" instead of "deaf".  Nobody can tell what I'm feeling, even
> when I really, really want them to, and put some effort into telling
> them.

That's OK, Tom, some of us know EXACTLY how
you feel! ;-)

ObConlang: Remi, maybe we, conlangers, DON'T
have communication problems, except perhaps
a greater awareness of how _everyone_ has a
communication problem - so we try harder.

I think the conference thread Sai mentioned
on the sociology of conlanging may be more
informative, tho how much hard fact do we
have?  And we _all need_ new ways to express
ourselves - look how poorly we do, by and
large.

Regards,
Yahya