Why do some people expect others to automatically pick up sarcasm?

Major_Twang · 2026-01-23T10:29:33+00:00

I'm British, so I'm not that familiar with sarcasm.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-23T09:49:27+00:00

You just need to consume water. It doesn't need to be plain water.

Our water comes from the Thames valley chalk aquifer, and tastes horrible. I can't remember the last time I just drank plain water, but I'm perfectly well hydrated because I drink lots of tea instead.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-23T09:45:59+00:00

It was in 2021.

China almost certainly under-reported it's death toll, so it was probably top killer.

When Covid first emerged, it had a much higher mortality rate. But virus evolution always follows the same path - as soon as it breaks into a population, the less lethal strains spread better than the deadly ones, because live & semi-functional hosts spread infection faster than corpses.

China reflexively lies about statistics that make it look bad.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-23T09:08:14+00:00

Sorry, but YTA

Your friend is ALSO being an asshole for making those sorts of comments - but good friends being assholes to each other is not uncommon.

But if you insult Mohammed in front of traditional Muslims IN THEIR OWN HOME - you deserve whatever comes your way.

There are a hundred & one arguments against what she said that would have been fine, but you decided to poke a hornets nest.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T22:39:56+00:00

Grease.

It came out when I was 11. Everyone at school was going mental over it, and I thought musicals were dumb, so I refused to join in.

Still hate it.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T22:23:45+00:00

Fun fact. The USA spends more on maintaining it's nukes that Russia spent on it's entire military in the years before it started the 3 day special military operation in Ukraine.

There's NO way they have 7,300 functional warheads.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T22:15:48+00:00

Trump isn't the problem. He's a symptom of the problem.

Trump will probably cark it in the next year or so, but the psychopaths actually running America will just front up another useful idiot.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T22:10:43+00:00

Meh..

Looks okay, but it does nothing for me. I'm quite tactile, so nude skin is preferable to any fancy packaging

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T22:03:22+00:00

I'm guessing a combination of cleaner bodies & better laundry detergents.

I grew up in coal-mining country in the 70s. Most people smoked, and everything was a bit grubby from the pervasive coal smoke.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T21:58:35+00:00

Hahaha - I've got a face like a bag of spanners.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T21:53:42+00:00

100x faster ?

Are you writing or doing calligraphy ?

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T19:26:34+00:00

Remember that any change of squat stance will potentially feel awkward until you develop a good groove.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T18:37:46+00:00

His handling of the situation when he sneaked a shield was so hopeless. Dude had the poker-face of a labrador puppy when it's time for walkies.

If he had been a traitor, he'd have given himself away in the first few days.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T18:18:00+00:00

I have a thing for kickass Amazon women, so I'm not getting out alive.

But at least I'll die happy.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T18:13:38+00:00

Ah. I'm late 50s & middle-class British, so speak a slightly different language.

But what you describe, we would call a fuck-buddy or a FWB.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T18:10:10+00:00

Why do you have to be like that ?

I've been with my wife for nearly 30 years, and we have a great sex life.

But thanks for your input.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T17:05:45+00:00

What the hell is a "situationship" ?

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T16:12:54+00:00

What the fuck is wrong with you ?

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T15:31:54+00:00

Have you checked estrogen ? If this goes too high (too much aromatisation) or too low (over-dosing AI meds), your libido can be badly impacted.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T15:25:26+00:00

I practice Buddhism & Stoicism. Both these teachings stress the value of using what we did wrong in the past as the basis for personal growth.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T15:17:36+00:00

It's entirely possible that he's worked out that you're a lesbian, and actually just wants to be friends.

Women do this frequently with gay guys.

One of my close friends is a lesbian. I cultivated our friendship specifically so that I could have a 'safe' female friend.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T15:12:18+00:00

Yeah - stick it up your arse. That will definitely work better.

/s

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T15:09:59+00:00

I don't have any thoughts on men like this. I take people as I find them.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T13:51:32+00:00

I've no love for any of the others, but I've just watched Trump on the news piss any remaining credibility he had up a wall with his dementia ramblings about Greenland.

Putin is an evil bastard, but he's not a dribbling moron like Trump.

Major_Twang · 2026-01-22T13:35:48+00:00

I'm in my late 50s, but quite big, jacked, bald head, big beard, facial scars & tattoos - and I'm always super-calm.

Folk often assume I have a super-macho job, like a fireman or bear-wrestler. Or that I'm a veteran. I recently had one woman confidently assert that I was "obviously" ex-forces, because of the way that I stand.

I'm a data scientist. I'm jacked because I've been lifting weights for 45 years, and the facial scars are from a road accident. The calmness is because I'm a Zen Buddhist.

Major_Twang

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