I would like to apologize to anyone I have offended with my jokes or posts.
Apologies
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I'm offended that you're apologizing!
As a great British political figure once said 'Never apologize. Say it again and be ruder the second time!'.
Love the support lol
A few of my posts recently were considered political so I do apologize for that.
A few of my posts recently were considered political so I do apologize for that.
Well, I never noticed anything so sure.
Also a factor ---
Forums like this are 100% written content, and written humor is a treacherous thing.
Face to face in the real world, what you say isn't nearly as important as how you say it... But on the Interweb? The pixels on your screen only know on and off.
Forums like this are 100% written content, and written humor is a treacherous thing.
Face to face in the real world, what you say isn't nearly as important as how you say it... But on the Interweb? The pixels on your screen only know on and off.
I feel I must chirp in for any part I've played in this; no offense was meant!
Well damn, I'm the odd Irishman if I'm called a gentleman.
I still don't buy that argument. Jokes and satire have existed in written form for thousands of years (from Aesop in the 600-500 BCE era to Terry Pratchett in as late as the 90's early 00's).
Only naïve fools can't understand context. That or the joke writer is terrible at writing jokes.
Then again, people of all eras were dumb enough to believe some of even the most outlandish satires like "A Modest Proposal" as being totally serious...
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No, I'm sure he must have been speaking to me; the Englishman and true gent
Right on for that lad
You haven't been here a month and you're apologizing already? You Must have had some month!
I'm Irish, If I don't cause a ruckus then you know I'm sick.
In Connacht I've rarely met anyone who wasn't a gentleman, always willing to assist the visitor.
Satire takes real skill and an understanding of one's audience. A world wide audience, as we have here, means many have no grasp of what another is striving to satirize. So, satire is often taken as belligerency or, simply the stupidity of the truly uninformed. Words have meaning and that meaning may change over the miles. Many here are very parochial and can't/won't relate to the dozens of cultures represented on this board.
It takes real skill to be fully understood when writing. Satire isn't easy to write. That's why there are so few successful satirists. This is especially true for missives written "from the hip" as so much is with the "net." And, satire is not often fully comprehended by the reader if they are in a different society.
Satire takes real skill and an understanding of one's audience. A world wide audience, as we have here, means many have no grasp of what another is striving to satirize. So, satire is often taken as belligerency or, simply the stupidity of the truly uninformed. Words have meaning and that meaning may change over the miles. Many here are very parochial and can't/won't relate to the dozens of cultures represented on this board.
Um...
There's a HUGE difference between multiple-draft, proofread & edited manuscripts and seat of the pants back-and-forth in realtime between guys sitting at keyboards.
Hell, I get confused just reading the words, now you’re telling me there’s context?? Arghhh.
Bloody hell, we've been doing it wrong laddy! No wonder none of us can get along.
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