Do you think someone can ever be on the same page as another individual?

Question

To define "bieng on the same page as another individual" I mean that when someone is describing something, making a statement, asking questions etc. that people(people in general, not just one person) will be able to connect and/or establish a full understanding of what the other person is saying or asking?, or do you believe that theres no way to fully "stay on the same page" as another, and there will always be a hint of misinterpretation?

Do you generally get a strong unshakable feeling that nobodys ever close to bieng on the same page as you?, or that they're not even on the same chapter?

Answer 1

No, I honestly don't think that's ever possible.



One's way of viewing things, judging things, explaining things, understanding things is completely and totally affected by all the experiences they've had and people in their lives they've met - from the past as a baby to the present in whatever stage their in, and to the future - whatever they expect for themselves to come to.



I think every person is completely and totally unique and there's no way to know what another person's thinking completely. There's a limit to how much words can actually portray. It kind of makes you feel lonely, huh?



btw, have you asked this question b4? o.O I think I've answered this b4 =P

Answer 2

Obviously this depends on what you're talking about. Some things are fairly simple, you're reading words on a computer - we wouldn't disagree with that.



I think the only time this comes into question is if someone is completely identical with you in the way they think, but that is not what you said. You may be on the same page with some things but not others. But the fact that we talk about being on the same page, chapter, book, paragraph or whatever implies how close you are in context, and things don't have to be in exactly the same place for you to relate, it's a question of where you are.

Answer 3

I use dialogue tags when their necessary. Actually, I probably don't use them as often as I should because it always seems perfectly clear to me. I stick with 'said, whispered, yelled and asked' for the most part. I find they're most necessary in scenes with more than two character talking, it's difficult to keep it clear. My characters don't have individual speech patterns for the most part. Unless they are all from different places and back grounds they tend to talk very similar to one another and when they are from different places and backgrounds I usually have groups instead of individual, and so everyone in a specific group talks similar. Of course there are differences, like one character in a group who's very timid and speaks in short direct sentences or characters who ramble on even if a simple answer would work, or characters who curse a lot and that sort of thing but it's not iron clad. Like a character who likes to ramble can still use a short sentence every now and again, so any time I stray from that characters norm I need it to be clear who's speaking. I'll often use action to replace a dialogue tag but only if the action is logical, I would never create action just to avoid using a tag. example: "What did you say?" He stood slowly and crossed his arms under his chest. Everyone in the room avoided his gaze. "Nothing." Jenny said. His action is necessary because it helps to show the reader that he's offended and also, if I have a character stand, he'll be moving soon, either toward her or out the door. However, Jenny is going to stay put so there was no necessary action to fill that void and there's other people in the room, so I wanted it to be clear that she recanted whatever she said to offend him rather than having some readers think that another character recanted for her. BQ: 10. I love dialogue and I'm good at it. My love for writing started with play writing. Dialogue always came very easily to me, now prose is an entirely different story, after years of reading, practising, and taking courses I'm still just kind of okay at prose. If I have something complicated to explain I would rather have two characters discuss then try to explain it through prose. BQ2: Thank you! You're pretty awesome yourself : ) BQ3: While peanut butter sounds pretty good, if you're into that sort of thing, oreo icing sound fantastic! But compromise, go half and half, afterall, variety is the spice of life!

Answer 4

Yes I think someone can be on the same page and still have their own mind and skill as you. That's how that saying got started. What happens is one person was an odd ball to begin with. You don't want to be on the same page as him. Or even the same book. Ones idea of a good time may be to murder people so he wants to get up a gang, or thugs on drugs. You may have thought he just wants more fun and friends like me.

Answer 5

why yes just go to a workshop. take a lecture. join a congregation. there are same page people all around. try the army. Join the Army meet exotic people and kill them. uc.



My head is so far ahead I'm not on a page.

Answer 6

no, because to fully understand something you must have indentical background knowledge, which nobody has, so no.