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.
Since being a fully developed adult i more and more discover that i am full of phrases that i picked up/copied with intonation included but that i don’t actually understand and can’t really grammatically dissect to understand either.
The problem is i interpreted many of them a wrong way, so I believe i am expressing x as being helpful/friendly, but they understand y as mocking them or something completely different.
i have some similar experiences.
btw just to tangentialize,
is a great skill for learning tonal languages like Chinese (Mandarin, Cantonese, etc), Vietnamese, Thai, etc!