Postby Puma » Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:35 pm
Cas, the problem with internet relayed sarcasm is that it needs to be blatant enough. If it's too subtle, it will invariably be taken at face value. So as such it was not intended to be amusing in and of itself, but absurd and outrageous enough to push the message as a whole over the blatant sarcasm threshold, so the overall tone would be humorous.
I truly am sorry that you saw my message in negative and derisive light. It was not my intention. As I'm sure it wasn't your intention to come across as a person with an attitude like you have a stick up your proverbial you know what. I'm sure it was just a matter of touchy subject for you. And if I would have concluded with "I hope you stub your toe." or "Cursed be thee. May the teeth of your children grow crooked!" you would have been less sore about it. So would you like to tell me about your dog, and how much you love it, and how much it means to you? Cause right now, not being a dog person myself, I'm finding difficult to relate to your set of values.
mhertz, not only that, but I'm also intelligent enough to see that "getting feelings hurt" and "express disapproval of attitude" are not mutually exclusive. In fact I feel like there is a strong correlation between the two, with one leading to the other. And humor is not a function of intelligence, it is more of a socio-psychological thing. From a psychological perspective it would be very wrong to assume that all intelligent people think that X is or isn't funny. I have seen academically successful intelligent people who think that Seth MacFarlane is funny. And while there is no way I can prove it to you, please take my word that I was not trolling, and I do think it was humorous. Almost as funny as dead babies. Not literal dead babies of course. Literal dead babies are tragic. Where as conceptual dead babies are hilarious.