@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • edit-22 days agoDo you prefer a polite request with an implicit punishment-threat or an outright demand with an explicit punishment-threat? Also, why?message-square16fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down120
arrow-up1-7arrow-down1message-squareDo you prefer a polite request with an implicit punishment-threat or an outright demand with an explicit punishment-threat? Also, why?@[email protected] to Ask LemmyEnglish • edit-22 days agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-square@NeoNachtwaechterlink2•2 days ago The point here is the polite-implicit vs the impolite-explicit. But there is no politeness in threatening.
But there is no politeness in threatening.