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Ben Wakana* @benwakana46 3hOkay. BUT - and hear me out on this -
(*WH COVID-19 Response Team. Deputy Director of Strategic Comms & Engagement)
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Okay. BUT - and hear me out on this (Original Post)
bigtree
Feb 2022
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grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)1. Too much?
IMHO, if so many idiots hadn't refused to get vaccinated, and if so many people hadn't died of Covid -- IOW, if more people had used fucking common sense -- the admin wouldn't have had to keep repeating it.
Eat shit, asshole.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)2. he was being sarcastic
...he's with the administration.
maxsolomon
(33,345 posts)3. I think it was irony.
Too bad Tweeter doesn't have a smilie.
bigtree
(85,998 posts)4. sarcasm is hard on the internet
....and so much previously unthinkable is now entirely believable that sarcasm and irony are on life support.
Its sarcasm, Josh.
Sarcasm?
Its from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you arent really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.
Well, if the village idiot named it, Im sure its a good thing.
There you go, you got it.
Got what?
Sarcasm.
No, I meant it.
Sure you did.
Is that sarcasm?
Irony, I think.
Whats the difference?
I havent the slightest idea.
So youre being ironic now, right?
No, I really dont know.
Maybe you should ask the idiot.
Now youve got it.
What?
Sarcasm.
― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal
grumpyduck
(6,240 posts)5. Well dang,
that just went right over my head.
Must be Friday.