writing adult emails is awful

its like

hi [name of person], 

this formatting is making me uncomfortable but I have to tell you something / ask you something that is vital to my career as a student. 

I re-read and edited that sentence for an hour, but you’ll probably just glance over it for half a second.

thanks! 

Dear Person I am Writing To:

This is an optional sentence introducing who I am and work for, included if the addressee has never corresponded with me before. The second optional sentence reminds the person where we met, if relevant. This sentence states the purpose of the email.

This optional paragraph describes in more detail what’s needed. This sentence discusses relevant information like how soon an answer is needed, what kind of an answer is needed, and any information that the other person might find useful. If there’s a lot of information, it’s a good idea to separate this paragraph into two or three paragraphs to avoid having a Wall of Text.

If a description paragraph was used, close with a restatement of the initial request, in case the addressee ignored the opening paragraph.

This sentence is just a platitude (usually thanking them for their time) because people think I’m standoffish, unreasonably demanding, or cold if it’s not included.

Closing salutation,

Signature.

He’s been in the comic making game for a really long time and he has…a bit of a knack for creating things that are used as reaction images and never credited back to him.

there’s also THIS classic, which is usually reduced to this: 

‘the office type’ is a game in development you’ll be hearing about a lot. its transphobic garbage. it heavily implies you have to be pansexual to date trans people, it calls non-binary a ‘third gender’ and their current representation of NB people is what appears to be a 50/50 male/female mix.

the devs themselves refuse to listen to these legitimate concerns. i tried talking to them about it on twitter and instead of acknowledging that i, an actual IRL non-binary person, found their current actions to be transphobic, they just kept arguing with me like a bunch of children instead of saying something a simple as ‘we’re sorry to hear that, we’ll do better’ 

Also I didn’t see any implications of you have to be pan to date a trans person, I just saw people asking if there was going to be trans representation, which the devs assured them there was going to be trans representation.

They responded with this:

Which seems pretty promising to me at least, they seem to be quite responsive as the game’s early in development, too early for them to project a release date.

They also released a response to the concerns about the nonbinary characters.

They have also said that the colors being that of the pansexual flag was a coincidence, as they were going off of the CMYK printer ink colors.

the crowd boos loudly. i begin to walk off in shame and sadness, when a voice speaks and demands silence from the room.

If you’re the kind of person with “unfollowing anxiety” I want you to know it’s okay to unfollow me

 I don’t care if we’re mutuals, friends in real life, family, whatever