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Trump has totally fucking ruined sarcasm! (Original Post) Kber Aug 2016 OP
Satire as well liberal N proud Aug 2016 #1
Shit! Kber Aug 2016 #3
Satire died when Kissinger won the Nobel Peace Prize central scrutinizer Aug 2016 #7
Trump was so obtuse that he missed the irony in his statement that he was being sarcastic. no_hypocrisy Aug 2016 #2
No kidding annabanana Aug 2016 #4
And a paragraph on the back explaining what each one was. Kber Aug 2016 #5
bingo! annabanana Aug 2016 #6
That won't work. raven mad Aug 2016 #9
He also has destroyed the concept of any value in interventions and use of that term. gordianot Aug 2016 #8
Oh, I get sarcasm now!!! tavernier Aug 2016 #10
As my sister would say, if it walks like a duck Kber Aug 2016 #13
As a master of sarcasm awoke_in_2003 Aug 2016 #11
"Best words"... czarjak Aug 2016 #12

no_hypocrisy

(54,908 posts)
2. Trump was so obtuse that he missed the irony in his statement that he was being sarcastic.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 08:18 PM
Aug 2016

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
9. That won't work.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:10 PM
Aug 2016

He has to be able to read and comprehend, and we all know that won't be possible.

gordianot

(15,772 posts)
8. He also has destroyed the concept of any value in interventions and use of that term.
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:04 PM
Aug 2016

One thing he has illustrated well is what happens when you reset a device and it continues to crash. It might be time to junk it, too bad it is all you have to work with.

tavernier

(14,443 posts)
10. Oh, I get sarcasm now!!!
Fri Aug 12, 2016, 11:22 PM
Aug 2016

"You're a piece of shit and you should get your black a** back to Africa."

Ah yes... Sarcasm. And so subtle.

Stupid me, because all this time I was thinking you were a f....... racist. My mistake.



If it quacks like a duck...

Kber

(5,043 posts)
13. As my sister would say, if it walks like a duck
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 09:57 AM
Aug 2016

And quacks like a duck, and spews racist sentiment like a duck, the duck is a bigot.

 

awoke_in_2003

(34,582 posts)
11. As a master of sarcasm
Sat Aug 13, 2016, 01:58 AM
Aug 2016

I can say that, no, he did not. He did not engage in sarcasm, he just used it as an excuse.

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