What is incorrect with those humans who comment sarcastically?

[sovietchild]

Has anyone stopped you from posting?

I think you've confused freedom of speech with freedom from criticism.

Teach me something. What is so negative or critical about this post?

What’s wrong with those people who live with dogs?

 

[Kirran]

Sarcasm is the least genuine mode of communication. Sarcasm is a mask for hiding one's true opinions, thoughts, and/or feelings.

Not if you understand it, it is not. I use it plenty, it's a big part of communication in my culture, and I know whether it's lying or not. I am religiously against lying, so if sarcasm was lying I would feel very differently about it.

 

[Jainarayan]

Sarcasm is a mask for hiding one's true opinions, thoughts, and/or feelings.

Quite the opposite of hiding. Sarcasm shows contempt.

 

[columbus]

Trust the king of sarcasm on RF.

Someday I will be the king of sarcasm on RF!
For now, I learn at the feet of the elders.
Tom

 

[columbus]

casm is the least genuine mode of communication.

Nope. The least genuine mode of communication is putting forth your own opinions, and attributing them to God.
Tom

 

[Father Heathen]

Teach me something. What is so negative or critical about this post?

What’s wrong with those people who live with dogs?

It was presumptuous and fallacious, thus it wasn't worth taking seriously.

 

[Father Heathen]

Nope. The least genuine mode of communication is putting forth your own opinions, and attributing them to God.
Tom

Which is also the basis of religion and scripture.

 

[sovietchild]

It was presumptuous and fallacious, thus it wasn't worth taking seriously.

If people keep dogs outside how is it fallacious - based on a mistaken belief?

 

[columbus]

Which is also the basis of religion and scripture.

It's really easy to see when you're more interested in truth than religious correctness.
Tom

 

[Nietzsche]

Sarcasm is the least genuine mode of communication. Sarcasm is a mask for hiding one's true opinions, thoughts, and/or feelings.

No, no. That's not sarcasm. What you're describing is asking loaded & leading questions.

 

[sovietchild]

Quite the opposite of hiding. Sarcasm shows contempt.

The more life does you wrong, the more biting your remarks toward others could be.

No, no. That's not sarcasm. What you're describing is asking loaded & leading questions.

Really?

 

[9-10ths_Penguin]

Teach me something. What is so negative or critical about this post?

What’s wrong with those people who live with dogs?

What does that have to do with my post?

 

[Father Heathen]

If people keep dogs outside how is it fallacious - based on a mistaken belief?

Now who is being dishonest? No one took issue with keeping dogs outside. Obviously the objection was toward the suggestion that there was something wrong with those who keep them indoors, or that there was something wrong with dogs themselves.

 

[sovietchild]

Now who is being dishonest? No one took issue with keeping dogs outside. Obviously the objection was toward the suggestion that there was something wrong with those who keep them indoors, or that there was something wrong with dogs themselves.

How is it "based on a mistaken belief"? when people around the world keep them outside. Even American Indians were shocked to see them inside when Europeans arrived.

I believe there are some people who think they are right and that other people who don't agree with them are wrong. This is because they think they are smart already and have the right answers. So they keep questioning the people who don't agree with them in order to make them realize they are wrong, rather than to gain more knowledge.

But prophet Machamudim once said, "If you think you are smart you are an ignorant idiot". And this is why people like that keep getting bullied.

Any post is a good post, even if it's negative.

 

[YmirGF]

Well, @sovietchild , as I said, you are a curious animal. This is good. Hopefully now you understand the true nature of sarcasm and perhaps realize it isn't what you thought it was.

 

[Jainarayan]

The more life does you wrong, the more biting your remarks toward others could be.

Or one could just be a naturally, out-of-the-womb, snotty smart-*** like I am.

 

[A Vestigial Mote]

Sarcasm is an open lie. Is it not? Sarcasm is the opposite of the truth for the purpose of humor.

Sarcasm is insincere in order to make a point. For instance, to issue an agreement with someone to a ridiculous degree, or to agree in such a way that makes the recipient of the comment understand that the person does not really agree, and that they really believe that to agree with such is actually quite ridiculous.

Granted, it is insincerity at its core, but its intent is NOT to deceive. On the contrary, the intent is to display the REAL truth as it is felt by the person employing sarcasm, and to get the recipient to feel and understand more the opinion of the person using the sarcasm.

Sometimes stating things plainly simply does not work. Sometimes people simply need to be mocked in order to understand and feel how ridiculous they make themselves appear.

 

[sovietchild]

Or one could just be a naturally, out-of-the-womb, snotty smart-*** like I am.

The worse you feel about yourself the more biting your remarks toward others could be.

 

[sovietchild]

Well, @sovietchild , as I said, you are a curious animal. This is good. Hopefully now you understand the true nature of sarcasm and perhaps realize it isn't what you thought it was.

Maybe it isn't what you thought it was.

Sarcasm is also a way of asking for what you want when you are scared to ask for it directly.

 

[Kirran]

How is it "based on a mistaken belief"? when people around the world keep them outside. Even American Indians were shocked to see them inside when Europeans arrived.

They already had dogs - Complete mitochondrial genomes of ancient canids suggest a European origin of domestic dogs. - PubMed - NCBI