Okay. BUT - and hear me out on this

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Ben Wakana* @benwakana46 3h
Okay. BUT - and hear me out on this -



(*WH COVID-19 Response Team. Deputy Director of Strategic Comms & Engagement)

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[grumpyduck]

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.

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2. he was being sarcastic

...he's with the administration.

[maxsolomon]

3. I think it was irony.

Too bad Tweeter doesn't have a smilie.

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4. sarcasm is hard on the internet

....and so much previously unthinkable is now entirely believable that sarcasm and irony are on life support.

“It’s sarcasm, Josh.”

“Sarcasm?”

“It’s from the Greek, sarkasmos. To bite the lips. It means that you aren’t really saying what you mean, but people will get your point. I invented it, Bartholomew named it.”

“Well, if the village idiot named it, I’m sure it’s 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.”

“What’s the difference?”

“I haven’t the slightest idea.”

“So you’re being ironic now, right?”

“No, I really don’t know.”

“Maybe you should ask the idiot.”

“Now you’ve got it.”

“What?”

“Sarcasm.”

― Christopher Moore, Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal

[grumpyduck]

5. Well dang,

that just went right over my head.

Must be Friday.