Pardon me for my confusion:
“Throwing shade” is a concept that I still do not fully grasp, being from a slightly older generation. I try not to be demeaning or derogatory; instead I try to edify and instruct to improve others. Sometimes people take that as “showing someone up”, but that’s not my intent. I am still unsure whether labeling things like “mic drops” and “sick burns” make a correction easier to receive or more distracting from the substance of the message, simply because I’m not from a culture that handles or discusses conflict that way.
To be clear: my intent was not to make Josiah look bad, but to help him know that there’s more to helping people than pointing out mistakes. Timeliness, appropriateness, and importance all factor into the equation.
If you’re saying that I sullied the good name of Josiah the Carrot Stick, please forgive me. If you’re saying that I said what needed to be said in an excellent and appropriate manner, then I accept the compliment. If the microphone wasn’t a Sennheiser, let me know what it actually was.
