“And this above all: to thine own self be true,
And it must follow, as the night the day,
Thou canst not then be false to any man.”
-Polonius, Hamlet, 1.3.79-80
Language barriers can be tremendous obstacles. It’s easy to acknowledge a barrier between differing languages, say French and Italian. Though much harder to parse a shared language spoken in different communities, generations and even platforms. The internet serves as prime example: tone and context are applied by the reader, because they cannot perceive other standard conversational cues like body language, and tone of voice.