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Hillary Clinton

rock

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7. The problem is without tonal clues (prosody)

Reply to TwilightZone (Original post)

Tue May 24, 2016, 07:29 PM

May 2016

The statements are exactly the same whether you're being sarcastic or not. Then there's the most audacious pronouncements in the history of mankind. Finally, the BSers are absolutely devoid of humor and the ability to 'get' sarcasm (unless you spell it out. You may enjoy this link.

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When did "we" lose the ability to detect sarcasm? [View all] TwilightZone May 2016 OP

Self righteous types have no sense of humor GusBob May 2016 #1

Around the same time "we" started calling a 70something career politician an outsider. johnp3907 May 2016 #2

Yeppers fleabiscuit May 2016 #5

Yes. He's also anti-establishment even though he's been part of it most of his adult life. TwilightZone May 2016 #8

Thats just the tip of iceberg around here, not much reasoning ability to be found. nt BootinUp May 2016 #3

I use sarcasm almost exclusively on GDP, but never use the emoji...just to see who gets it. anotherproletariat May 2016 #4

I can only hope it is. TwilightZone May 2016 #9

I used to believe that right wingers had trouble spooky3 May 2016 #6

The problem is without tonal clues (prosody) rock May 2016 #7

Yeah, I get that. In this case, only part of it was really sarcasm and the context and TwilightZone May 2016 #10

I find your analysis spot on rock May 2016 #11

Thanks TwilightZone May 2016 #12