Anyone else here with similar experiences?
So, I like to think that I can perfectly identify when someone is being sarcastic. BUT, I get super bothered with logical inconsistencies within their sarcasm.
Friend: “Premise X (mostly unsaid, assumed to be common shared knowledge/experience), inference Y (to be assumed by listener), conclusion Z (stated as the opposite of the conclusion because sarcasm)”.
Most of the time, X is false/more untrue than true, and Y doesn’t make sense.
I: “I understand that you’re being sarcastic, but your sarcasm doesn’t make sense.”
Friend: “It’s not that deep bro”
I: “But it still doesn’t make sense. Words have meanings, and what you said… Doesn’t make sense”
Friend: Gets annoyed/chuckles to themself.
SO. Anyone else here who experiences this phenomenon? It’s bloody annoying, and makes conversations frustrating. You either have to shut up and let them continue talking nonsense (which is torture), or interject, thus making a fool out of yourself.
I would need to know the specific scenario to pick a side here. Sometimes people are just making loose sketches of jokes /opinions/arguments and not worrying about being super precise. They understand the shakiness of their position and are essentially just venting or expressing their feelings on it. But other times people think they’re being really clever and expressing a legitimate sound line of reasoning, which as you said is extremely annoying. If I have too many instances of the second case with the same person, I just consider them less intelligent and avoid talking to them tbh