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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:16 PM Original message |
Sarcasm is the least efficient form of written communication |
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supernova (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
1. It can be better as performance art |
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stray cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
2. Is it ever productive - such as answering right wing liars or idiots? |
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Smarmie Doofus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:20 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yeah. Right. nt |
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TalkingDog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
4. If someone writes sarcastically and the reader doesn't "get" it |
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IDemo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:23 PM Response to Original message |
5. Disagree |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
25. Isn't the absurdity of an idea self-evident? |
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sufrommich (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:27 PM Response to Original message |
6. Americans have a tin ear when it comes to sarcasm, the |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:37 PM Response to Reply #6 |
27. a common phrase |
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Dorian Gray (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:41 PM Response to Reply #6 |
40. Agree |
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Brickbat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:29 PM Response to Original message |
7. You forgot your sarcasm tag. |
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Starry Messenger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:30 PM Response to Original message |
8. So *you* say. |
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ChairmanAgnostic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:32 PM Response to Original message |
9. "Riiiight." |
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Cresent City Kid (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:34 PM Response to Original message |
10. Couldn't that be reversed? |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
11. No. |
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Johonny (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
12. I don't get sarcasm or your post |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:02 PM Response to Original message |
13. Thanks. That is sooooo helpful. |
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htuttle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
14. "He used... sarcasm. " |
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jp11 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:07 PM Response to Original message |
15. I'm passive aggressive but I don't think it could be the least efficient form of written |
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treestar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:09 PM Response to Original message |
16. It's just a method of expression |
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lumberjack_jeff (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:11 PM Response to Original message |
17. Disagree |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:13 PM Response to Original message |
18. There is no idea so stupid and/or ignorant that it does not deserve the utmost respect.. |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
19. A labor organizer once told me never to be sarcastic, since it is guaranteed to be misunderstood |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:41 PM Response to Reply #19 |
29. about 25% of the population have literal minds which don't get |
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struggle4progress (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:57 PM Response to Reply #29 |
32. His point was something like that |
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Scuba (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:21 PM Response to Original message |
20. But the most fun... |
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smoogatz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:24 PM Response to Original message |
21. Sarcasm is just another verbal tool. |
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noise (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:30 PM Response to Original message |
22. Fantastic thread! n/t |
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branders seine (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #22 |
23. LOL |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 01:40 PM Response to Original message |
24. But it's fun. |
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Bluebear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:36 PM Response to Original message |
26. Well what WOULD we have done without this post? |
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hobbit709 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:40 PM Response to Original message |
28. Those most easily offended by irony and sarcasm are those least likely to understand it. |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
30. So you like Efficiency. You know who else liked to be known for efficiency? |
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Iggo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:32 PM Response to Reply #30 |
34. Right you are, Ken. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:37 PM Response to Reply #30 |
36. Ladies and Gentlemen, today's Godwin's Law! |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:38 PM Response to Reply #30 |
37. Mother Teresa had a mustache.... |
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kenny blankenship (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:45 PM Response to Reply #37 |
41. ...And in her case, it was completely superfluous |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 04:56 PM Response to Original message |
31. Right on the money! |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:22 PM Response to Original message |
33. You made this up based on your own beliefs and are espousing contempt for it. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:51 PM Response to Reply #33 |
42. Discouraging sarcasm is part of many "best practices" |
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RadiationTherapy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:54 PM Response to Reply #42 |
44. I meant 'belief' as in 'lacking evidence as proof'. |
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KurtNYC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:41 AM Response to Reply #44 |
51. Written sarcasm uses 100% of its verbiage to tell what the writer |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:07 PM Response to Reply #33 |
45. Yes, that is common knowledge. |
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KonaKane (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:35 PM Response to Original message |
35. Almost no one here uses sarcasm well. |
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Fumesucker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:40 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Sarcasm, like satire has become remarkably difficult in the last thirty years.. |
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Lucian (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:39 PM Response to Original message |
38. The great thing about sarcasm is... |
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grahamhgreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 05:52 PM Response to Original message |
43. Snarky is what their calling it. Being snarky. I see it as a form of violence. |
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backscatter712 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:13 PM Response to Original message |
46. I'm always respectful of the Internet Writing Style Police. Why would I ever be sarcastic? |
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A-Schwarzenegger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
47. Sarcasm should be outlawed, arrested, tried, convicted, executed, buried, dug up & arrested again. |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:16 PM Response to Original message |
48. There is a BIG difference between Sarcasm and Ridicule. |
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zorahopkins (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:22 PM Response to Original message |
49. Well This Is Just Great |
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underpants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Jun-19-10 06:23 PM Response to Original message |
50. Wow like that post was like so convincing |
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Vincent441 (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:56 AM Response to Original message |
52. good |
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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sun Jun-20-10 08:59 AM Response to Original message |
53. I regard fart noises as the lowest form of wit, followed closely by puns |
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