Is that so?
Is that so, what?
Oh, ok. There is nothing wrong with people who comment sarcastically. Obviously.
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What is incorrect with those humans who comment sarcastically?
- Thread starter sovietchild
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Is that so, what?
Oh, ok. There is nothing wrong with people who comment sarcastically. Obviously.
Ciao
- viole
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Pretty much, @Kilgore Trout
In general, it would seem that all too many people do not understand how richly they deserve a highly sarcastic response as their original ideas are so loopy that they do not warrant serious consideration. What often makes it so deliciously humorous is that they think the twaddle of their thinking DOES warrant a serious response. That is hilarious... albeit more than a bit sad too...
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Okay, but what is wrong with those people who comment sarcastically?
Cephus
Relentlessly Rational
How many times do people have to tell you nothing is wrong with it, only to have you keep asking the same old tired question?
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Cephus
Relentlessly Rational
Nobody cares what you prefer. We care what you can prove and let's be honest, you can't prove a damn thing.
Not necessarily. I was more trying to point out the grey.
What's wrong with people who ask leading questions?
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
What's a leading question?
I'm not going to answer your question. I consider leading questions to be a dishonest tactic, so I'm not going to play along.
If you want me to respond, ask me a question that shows you're interested in real, honest discussion.
Any of your thread titles.
It's a question asked in such a way that it dishonestly assumes facts or pushes the respondent to a particular answer. Examples:
- have you stopped beating your wife? (assumes that you beat your wife)
- what is wrong with those people who comment sarcastically? (assumes that there's something wrong with them)
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
So, what you are trying to chat, the leading question is a cheating question? Like a hacker.
Do you think sarcasm is cheating?
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Sarcasm is verbal bullying.
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Sarcasm is cheap and lazy humor.
Cephus
Relentlessly Rational
No it isn't. Lose the victim complex.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Failure to understand sarcasm is not an especially promising sign of high intelligence.
sovietchild
Well-Known Member
Sarcastic people usually have a fear problem. They are usually battling either a fear of not being good enough or the fear of being taken from. They need to step back and figure out why they need to be sarcastic.
Mary Blackchurch
Free from Stockholm Syndrome
I agree with you! I think people are cowards who, when confronted with a seemingly tough situation or question, almost always use sarcasm as a mode of verbal volleying. However, in my entire life I have only met a couple of people who fit the description of "sarcastic person". When most people use sarcasm it is used as a form of humourous irony instead of a just blurting out a remark that could appear rude or off-putting. To be sarcastic in this case is the more kind way of getting a point across so as not to offend.
But as I stated, I have met only a couple of consummately sarcastic people and they were both cowards who were too afraid to be forthright.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
Who told you this, LOL. I utterly assure you that I do not have a fear problem. I've already pointed out why sarcasm is ladled out to the most deserving recipients. It is a normal response to an intellectually challenged comment or opinion that does not WARRANT a serious response. Good sarcasm also can take a fair amount of intelligence to craft, thus, hilariously, it will often go right over the head of the person it is directed at.
Look, I get it that, for some reason, you do not have a well developed sense of humor, but putting humor in a negative light does not put you in a particularly good one.
YmirGF
Bodhisattva in Recovery
I find your comments quite humorous as you can't possibly be serious. You have obviously never come across someone quite like me. I have no problem whatsoever telling people precisely what I think and in no uncertain terms. My sarcasm can be so penetrating that I will often use it to help the target person(s) avoid instantaneous embarrassment. What I mean is they will have to work out the riddle of what I have said to understand how it relates to their supposed thinking. I have run into this many times over the decades when people come back to me wagging their finger and saying, "Geez, I was watching TV later that night when it hit me what you meant." (I really am THAT good.)
In effect, it is an act of mercy so that I don't embarrass folks directly and make them vulnerable in public while they grapple with a proper response. The point is, not too many folks can handle the unvarnished truth and those of us who are gifted wordsmiths quickly learn it is better to cloak the truth so people can bite into it slowly and digest it one bit at a time.