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Originally Posted by Camaro/ss/rs
Flame suit on here too....
3. Overtly politically correct people who can't take a joke
.........reminds me of a lot of Americans i have met to date.......so damn serious........relax.......sarcasm is cool...  |
I use sarcasm & irony fairly often, and the key (as with any form of communication) is to know your audience. Here, the audience is 'internet forum' and not 'my 5 buddies I've known half my life'. Since we've got tens of thousands of folks from any background you can imagine, you kinda have to assume that people
will take it serious. Because to them, certain sarcastic comments will come accross as insults or challenges -even if they knew it was meant as a joke.
With friends you've known for a long time, its a different story. You know whats fair game, whats offensive, and what happens when you cross the line. When talking to countless strangers, you simply don't know. In which case, its best to try and play it safe.
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Originally Posted by ss/rs-matt
Im looking at Modern Camaro right now and there is a long thread called "Camaro5 rejects"...too funny!
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It gets absolutely histerical when you actually know the whole story. And as much as I'd like to share some of those laughs, as a rule we don't "air our dirty laundry" regarding who got banned & why. So the only folks that ever
do know that story are the Camaro5 staff & the folks who consider themselves rejects (and feel the urge to complain on another site).