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aspieZim
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13 Feb 2014, 2:39 am

it depends which side of me is dominant at the moment, normal me and aspie me i get maybe 20% of sarcasm and i don't really know how to use it, strangely when i switch to my socio/psycho self i totally get it and able to use it. that part of myself i actually can read people really well and interact at a level equal to or slightly better than the average person, i just lack charm that most psychos have.

i don't even know where or how I split into so many parts, and how is it possible that when i'm on version of myself I understand it and use it, but in another i'm without the ability to recognize it or use it.



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13 Feb 2014, 6:21 am

I still don´t get every sarcastic comment but am getting better.
I use sarcasm myself but sometimes it is misunderstood. That also happens the other way around: I was not sarcastic but others thought so.


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13 Feb 2014, 7:09 am

i imagine "sarcasm" to be a sentiment composed of multiple progressive and related innuendo's that have the attribute of secrecy (or "under-the-breath-ness") removed, and replaced with intentionally overacted zealousness.



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13 Feb 2014, 8:16 am

b9 wrote:
i do not know how to be sarcastic, but i do know how to make people very angry.

example: (when i was senior programmer at infohouse interviewing a girl for a job)

me: so just fill in your name and the rest of the details and i will be back in a moment.
her:ok.
me: (when i came back and looked at her sheet) sorry but i think you spelled your first name wrong. it should be "deborah" and not "debra"
her: are you serious?! i know what my name is!
me: i understand that, but you spelled it incorrectly.
her: are you mad?!?
me: no but i am busy so i will bid you farewell and you will be contacted within 3 days as to whether your application invites a further interview
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i would not do that kind of thing now because i have a better understanding that people are real.


This could be trouble some with people like me, I would have taken you up on your invitation to leave and walked straight to the EDD and filed a sex discrimination suit and then to an attorneys office. #serious #notsarcasm #feminism

I read sarcasm less than 10% of the time, everyone who actually knows me has learned to tag - friends of friends very often blow it and arguments ensue - any time I do it I tag


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13 Feb 2014, 8:28 am

GivePeaceAChance wrote:
b9 wrote:
i do not know how to be sarcastic, but i do know how to make people very angry.

example: (when i was senior programmer at infohouse interviewing a girl for a job)

me: so just fill in your name and the rest of the details and i will be back in a moment.
her:ok.
me: (when i came back and looked at her sheet) sorry but i think you spelled your first name wrong. it should be "deborah" and not "debra"
her: are you serious?! i know what my name is!
me: i understand that, but you spelled it incorrectly.
her: are you mad?!?
me: no but i am busy so i will bid you farewell and you will be contacted within 3 days as to whether your application invites a further interview
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i would not do that kind of thing now because i have a better understanding that people are real.


This could be trouble some with people like me, I would have taken you up on your invitation to leave and walked straight to the EDD and filed a sex discrimination suit and then to an attorneys office. #serious #notsarcasm #feminism

I read sarcasm less than 10% of the time, everyone who actually knows me has learned to tag - friends of friends very often blow it and arguments ensue - any time I do it I tag


there was no verdict to argue over. i made no verdict. it was not sexist. i just did not like her because she did not like me. i did not dislike her because she was a girl.
i treated her like a specimen that i tested various ideas on, but none of them were sexual, and all of them were when i was in my 20's and i am now in my 40's and i look with empty eyes on what i did when i was young.

look i know you are not inclined toward males and you are unlikely to identify with my mindset, so i will just say that no-one ever experienced a career wide injury caused by me.

bye.



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13 Feb 2014, 8:31 am

and i did give her the job. she was strong and laughed rather than wilted and retracted.



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13 Feb 2014, 9:19 am

A little bit of sarcasm and snarkiness never hurt anybody.