changedagain Wrote:
> p.s. Bob enjoyed my humor--sarcasm and all. It
> helped him deal with the harshness of what he was
> going through.
CA Bob was fortunate to have had you as a friend. I may be going out on a limb here and this is not a criticism but I am pretty sure Bob could enjoy your humor--sarcasm and all, as you said, because he could see your facial expressions and hear the tone in your voice. These are the ingredients usually needed to detect sarcasm. When posting online those ingredients are missing and it is much harder to detect sarcasm. I don't think anyone would deny that you are funny as are many other posters on the forum. The exception can be that when someone is in a certain kind of suffering or pain, sometimes any expression of humor, be it teasing or sarcasm, is a turn-off. And it may be that some have never felt that kind of pain and humor is never a turn-off. I recall posting some sarcasm early on when I joined the forum and you didn't get it and you let me know. And for that I say, thank yewwwww. It made me a better person (wink-wink).
> p.s. Bob enjoyed my humor--sarcasm and all. It
> helped him deal with the harshness of what he was
> going through.
CA Bob was fortunate to have had you as a friend. I may be going out on a limb here and this is not a criticism but I am pretty sure Bob could enjoy your humor--sarcasm and all, as you said, because he could see your facial expressions and hear the tone in your voice. These are the ingredients usually needed to detect sarcasm. When posting online those ingredients are missing and it is much harder to detect sarcasm. I don't think anyone would deny that you are funny as are many other posters on the forum. The exception can be that when someone is in a certain kind of suffering or pain, sometimes any expression of humor, be it teasing or sarcasm, is a turn-off. And it may be that some have never felt that kind of pain and humor is never a turn-off. I recall posting some sarcasm early on when I joined the forum and you didn't get it and you let me know. And for that I say, thank yewwwww. It made me a better person (wink-wink).