There is a form of dementia that renders victims unable to detect sarcasm. That would explain a lot of interaction on the Internet (and even in my own comments section). Of course, without voice tone, it’s harder to detect sarcasm on line, even by the non demented.
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I’ve had people actually try to tell me that it’s impossible to “do” sarcasm if the person you’re addressing it to isn’t able to hear the tone of my voice.
The last time someone said that to me via the internet, I replied something like, “Thank you for your trenchant and earth-shattering observation, thou intellectual reincarnation of Plato, Aristotle and Socrates!”
Though normally I don’t go quite that far over the top…
McGehee Says:
“I replied something like, “Thank you for your trenchant and earth-shattering observation, thou intellectual reincarnation of Plato, Aristotle and Socrates!””
Wow! Plato, Aristotle, AND Socrates were reincarnated into a single person and you got to talk to them on the internet? What are the odds? Absolutely astounding!
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Well, to be fair, only their intellect. Otherwise the poor guy would’ve been a human Cerberus.