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  • Hehehe that was funny.

  • That's funny! Hopefully the sarcasm isn't causing psychological damage.

  • Goddamnit you're right, another fact that i missed, besides being misunderstood IRL with English speakers too. They're everywhere!

  • Someone commented that his sarcasm was lost with, mostly, religious folks in Oklahoma, and I realized that yes it happened to me too plenty of times (but not in Oklahoma). So yeah, even in English it can be elusive to some people.

  • It's a complicated relationship, I can relate with the relationship between US people and Canadians.

  • You know what, you're right about that. There are plenty of times my sarcasm wasn't caught by north Americans. That slipped my mind. Interesting 🤔.

  • It's a tough one, I don't envy you. I really wish you well.

  • The games they play on us is mind boggling, every day there is some obscene degenerate news story that makes us say WTF and then it becomes old news, and so on, until it becomes normal and we start saying meh, or it becomes tabloid news. No one is going to be held accountable, scapegoats for sure, but not the head of the hydra.

  • Well said. Just to add, unfortunately, most of the world just laughs at the US and thinks lowly of you. Wishing you all the best in your fight against this corporate country.

  • From what I've learned from memes is that there is "enmity" between Swedes and Finns, am I correct?

  • Wow this is interesting, I never heard of this. I'm going to have to spend some time learning about it.

  • Hehehe

  • Can you explain please?

  • So sarcasm would exist but not the way we understand it, does it mean that sarcasm is an intrinsic part of human nature?

  • I didn't know that they used politeness that way. Interesting. Crazy enough I have not yet interacted with a Japanese person in my life.

  • I just did a quick research on tonal languages, it's quite tricky for a beginner to grasp these subtle expressions. Imagine a life without sarcasm. Brutal. I wonder if they have their own way of conveying it.

  • True, otherwise it would be monotone, though some people speak in a monotone voice that can put you to sleep.

  • No Stupid Questions @lemmy.world

    Is there a culture/country that doesn't have sarcasm in its language?

  • Thanks OP.

  • Yeah you're right about that, oh man that's even sadder.

  • Boycott US @lemmy.ca

    Sonny Shine and Epstein