[Outdoorsman]

Agreed, especially on the points touched upon in your last paragraph...

So much of what I see on the Internet seems "dashed off",as if a gun were being held to the writer's head...or, more realistically, as if a paycheck might be withheld, if a deadline could not be met...

When I write a note for others with pencil and paper I write in block caps, draftsman style...no one has ever come back to me and asked, "What did you mean by that?"...

[nickpsecurity]

I agree. My own posts are even affected by it. In fairness, I often am overburdening myself by juggling multiple things within narrow windows of time. Yet, I think having to physically write each letter would reduce that. The speed of keyboards and our on-screen feedback seem to encourage us to focus on quantity more than quality.