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pinkster

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noticed that sarcasm can be a rather hateful tool to win an arguement you should not win in the first place?

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Umm... could you rephrase that? Are you saying that being sarcastic can be bad when trying to win an argument that has no point of winning?
 
seems the message is for one person only
 
Well, I agree with her. I know a few people who always make a sarcastic remark just to win an argument when there's no point in winning an argument. For instance, my friend gave this gal a question. He said, "There's an apple tree on an island and a horse on another island. How does the horse get his apple during the winter?" She replied, "Swim across?" The answer was, "Apples don't grow on trees in the winter." She then replied, "But what if it was in another country or the tree was in a glass dome? You never know what could happen!?"
 
VamPyroX said:
Well, I agree with her. I know a few people who always make a sarcastic remark just to win an argument when there's no point in winning an argument. For instance, my friend gave this gal a question. He said, "There's an apple tree on an island and a horse on another island. How does the horse get his apple during the winter?" She replied, "Swim across?" The answer was, "Apples don't grow on trees in the winter." She then replied, "But what if it was in another country or the tree was in a glass dome? You never know what could happen!?"
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That's what ruined the whole trick question thing for my friend... :roll:
 
I have let people think that they were right just to stop an argument. I know I don't win. I also don't know if that is the right thing to do. Sometimes, being sarcastic to me is worst and can make the argument bigger.
 
being scarisitic is like being a smart ass, theres some u can use to defend urself whilist using another way of hateful scarcasm isn t a solvable way to use, if it gets to the point then just walk away and cool off then just simply say i dont have time for this arguement its pointless.
 
I do admit being sarcastic, but I don't know what my pattern is. I don't think that I use it to win arguments, but rather to show a point or to exhibit logic when someone obviously fails to see the logic of the situation. It's like if someone complained about problems all day, then my reply would be: "Well, I have a problem to complain about now, quit whining all day and start doing something about it already!" But of course, if I say that in wrong context, it would be very harmful. I think that deaf people tend to be more sarcastic than hearing people though.
 
No it was not intended for just one person. :)

As for deaf vs hearing in sarcasm - i think its about the same. Depends on what kind of people you hang out with. :) Do keep in mind that some people come off sarcastic without meaning to. "Thanks a lot" is a hard one, you can say it normally and someone wld be me "oh what, thanks? you suck" something like that.

I used to be the sarcastic queen in HS or something like that. I detest it now. People use it so often and so poorly that nothing is ever accomplished when you're trying to have a "heated debate." The person who is, ultimately, the most sarcastic, wins by default. Thats fucked.
 
thats so true pink, i uddy how u feel and i uddy how it can come as a sarcastic rightgousness. i dont blame the context but the way its brought out and about, can make things to a point where it severely hurt u and the person inculded, cuz we can't take back words. we can only amend our plms. by either resolving it or just know the person is not worth ur time to solve if she MUST be in the right or wrong ( or HE for that matter)
 
pinkster said:
No it was not intended for just one person. :)

As for deaf vs hearing in sarcasm - i think its about the same. Depends on what kind of people you hang out with. :) Do keep in mind that some people come off sarcastic without meaning to. "Thanks a lot" is a hard one, you can say it normally and someone wld be me "oh what, thanks? you suck" something like that.

I used to be the sarcastic queen in HS or something like that. I detest it now. People use it so often and so poorly that nothing is ever accomplished when you're trying to have a "heated debate." The person who is, ultimately, the most sarcastic, wins by default. Thats fucked.
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You as being sarastic queen? *Thinking* Oooo Oooo that's nice!!

Maybe we could have some verbal traffic!!! hee hee...

I enjoy exchanging some wits with someone like you in civilized manners.

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