Anyway, laughing at people who want to rule you is a particularly effective weapon. As it happens, such people are also dim witted. Such people deserve to be eviscerated with sarcasm in my view. Arguing with them on facts, principles and logic not only gets you nowhere, but it lends them credibility. Curious if you think there's a better approach.
I agree when it comes to authority. I'm liking the sarcasm that people are now doing to the Trump admin.
Punching up is welcome in this world where leadership is regularly gaslighting us.
However, I refuse to use sarcasm with regular people. It only induces confusion. I had an ex-gf that regularly used sarcasm that was sometimes hard to tell. Just asking her what she meant would make her hostile, as if her friends or I were supposed to know what she meant.
I'm really hoping (you can call me delusional if you want, but I still cling to hope) that the Trump admin is just playing really dumb while they set the trap of traps on the globalist pedophiles. My hope is very thin, I know.
My hope has rekindled after seeing how the people that voted for Trump are calling him out. Finally, people are seeing that politicians are tools, whether they pretend to be against the deep state or not.
Sorry but Trump even promoted the clot shots during his campaign and to this day they're still being pushed on people.
Even the Butler event was such BS.
He got up for a photo op and the secret service let him even though they didn't confirm that everything was clear!?!
I sensed that Trump was back to his WWE antics then. 😂
Kennedy is another disappointment too as he could easily stop the covid emergency that his predecessor extended to 2029.
This whole administration is no different than other fake populists of the past who say what we want to hear yet DO the opposite.
Judge them by what they DO, not what they say. If both sides are compromised, the only thing they do is point the finger at the other side which Trump gladly does.
I think sarcasm has a place in a well-stocked communication (writing or spoken) toolbox. It ranks near cursing - use it sparingly for emphasis and effect. As for the glee of sarcasm around stupid people, I agree with your view with one caveat. We have a lot of Dunning-Kruger stupid going around — people that think they know something but understand very little. Selective use of sarcasm can be useful if deployed well, but it is playing with fire. I’m not a fan of categorically condemning a form of expression because absolutes (all good or all bad) are rarely correct, even if often true. We don’t need more absolutes in this world; we need more people to learn discernment and personal discipline. Unfortunately, the social frameworks for learning these life skills have been obliterated.
To foot stomp your point, however: some of my employees have been perpetually sarcastic with me and others. I explain to them that I can’t tell when they’re kidding or serious. I can’t tell whether they’re lying or telling the truth. So they give me no choice but to discount what they say as either kidding or lying. That’s the problem with overused sarcasm - it forces me into an absolute because I don’t have time for stupid insecurity games. They offer only stupid prizes. A few employees do cut their crap - and speak way less; now I listen. Most others are no longer part of my team.
I agree with your assessment that sarcasm is a form of psychopathy. It depends how it's used, imo. I'm usually very sarcastic, but not directed at anyone, because I'm aware of narcissistic tendencies, having been raised by 2 of them.
I don't use sarcasm because I feel insecure either. It's my way of stating the obvious and perhaps adding humor.
My directness isn't always appreciated, usually nobody listens to me other than a close few, so I use sarcasm to get their attention. Not because I feel they are stupid, they're just unaware of what's really going on around us.
All due to us being a damaged, traumatized, immature species.
My greatest wish is that people find comfort and healing for themselves.
That's the only way this kind of thing stops.
I agree but I’m not that optimistic. I think trauma cannot be healed, but rather, at best managed. Hope lies only in future generations
Great points. However sometime I take cowardice because feeding the family is more important than saying fuck you directly to my boss.
What has recently made you want to say FU to your boss?
Changing shiftplan basically fucking up 100 people lives.
Anyway, laughing at people who want to rule you is a particularly effective weapon. As it happens, such people are also dim witted. Such people deserve to be eviscerated with sarcasm in my view. Arguing with them on facts, principles and logic not only gets you nowhere, but it lends them credibility. Curious if you think there's a better approach.
Yes but you’re taking about a response. Any appropriate violence is justified as a response to violence.
NAP for sarcasm? 😆 Sounds good.
Verbal and psychological aggression is still aggression. You respond in kind
I agree when it comes to authority. I'm liking the sarcasm that people are now doing to the Trump admin.
Punching up is welcome in this world where leadership is regularly gaslighting us.
However, I refuse to use sarcasm with regular people. It only induces confusion. I had an ex-gf that regularly used sarcasm that was sometimes hard to tell. Just asking her what she meant would make her hostile, as if her friends or I were supposed to know what she meant.
Maybe she was shit at sarcasm. 😂
I'm really hoping (you can call me delusional if you want, but I still cling to hope) that the Trump admin is just playing really dumb while they set the trap of traps on the globalist pedophiles. My hope is very thin, I know.
My hope has rekindled after seeing how the people that voted for Trump are calling him out. Finally, people are seeing that politicians are tools, whether they pretend to be against the deep state or not.
Sorry but Trump even promoted the clot shots during his campaign and to this day they're still being pushed on people.
Even the Butler event was such BS.
He got up for a photo op and the secret service let him even though they didn't confirm that everything was clear!?!
I sensed that Trump was back to his WWE antics then. 😂
Kennedy is another disappointment too as he could easily stop the covid emergency that his predecessor extended to 2029.
https://sashalatypova.substack.com/p/not-for-sale-an-open-letter-to-hhs
This whole administration is no different than other fake populists of the past who say what we want to hear yet DO the opposite.
Judge them by what they DO, not what they say. If both sides are compromised, the only thing they do is point the finger at the other side which Trump gladly does.
Calling him out isn’t enough. They need to truly renounce him. He’s proven to be a sellout. There is not pardon for that
I think sarcasm has a place in a well-stocked communication (writing or spoken) toolbox. It ranks near cursing - use it sparingly for emphasis and effect. As for the glee of sarcasm around stupid people, I agree with your view with one caveat. We have a lot of Dunning-Kruger stupid going around — people that think they know something but understand very little. Selective use of sarcasm can be useful if deployed well, but it is playing with fire. I’m not a fan of categorically condemning a form of expression because absolutes (all good or all bad) are rarely correct, even if often true. We don’t need more absolutes in this world; we need more people to learn discernment and personal discipline. Unfortunately, the social frameworks for learning these life skills have been obliterated.
To foot stomp your point, however: some of my employees have been perpetually sarcastic with me and others. I explain to them that I can’t tell when they’re kidding or serious. I can’t tell whether they’re lying or telling the truth. So they give me no choice but to discount what they say as either kidding or lying. That’s the problem with overused sarcasm - it forces me into an absolute because I don’t have time for stupid insecurity games. They offer only stupid prizes. A few employees do cut their crap - and speak way less; now I listen. Most others are no longer part of my team.
I agree with your assessment that sarcasm is a form of psychopathy. It depends how it's used, imo. I'm usually very sarcastic, but not directed at anyone, because I'm aware of narcissistic tendencies, having been raised by 2 of them.
I don't use sarcasm because I feel insecure either. It's my way of stating the obvious and perhaps adding humor.
My directness isn't always appreciated, usually nobody listens to me other than a close few, so I use sarcasm to get their attention. Not because I feel they are stupid, they're just unaware of what's really going on around us.
Hey Sotirus, I looked for you on X and couldn't find you anymore. Did you move off that platform?
I’m still there as “self-ownership Rex”
Folks look up the Noble Lie. It’s most enlightening if you have no idea about the term.
A lie is a lie. I don’t see nobody in it.
LOL 🙋🏼♀️🤡🌎🙋🏼♀️🤫
Exactly