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Originally Posted by FormerPresJamesTaylor
You guess that was sarcasm? PepsiFree knocked you over the head with the most obvious sarcasm and you're guessing?
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I didn't say it was sarcasm. I said it was an attempt to sarcasm. But I wasn't sure. I'm still not sure. Responding with sarcasm to a post, that is factually correct, is so weird. Generally, sarcasm is a very niche tool. For it to be successful, you need several factors simultaneously:
1. Someone needs to say something very stupid, which doesn't happen often in serious discussion.
2. Others need to feel like laughing at that person, which rarely happens. Usually, when someone is saying something stupid, others are trying to ignore it or make it look better, instead of laughing at it.
3. The fact, that the sarcastic man is right and his target is wrong should be abundantly clear to the audience.
Unless all three are correct, attempting sarcasm is a bad move. People will feel like this stuff belongs to kindergarten.