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View submission: When is a joke not a joke?
This.
Lots of guys use the line, "I was just being sarcastic"
There are a bunch of words for saying the opposite of what you mean. Two of these are "sarcastic" and "facetious"
Facetious is saying the opposite of what you mean with the intent of being funny/amusing. Lots of people use sarcastic when they mean this.
Sarcastic is saying the opposite of what you mean in order to hurt, wound, express your contempt.
I work hard to avoid being sarcastic. I am facetious a lot, and occasionally people are wouonded. I apologise immediately on discover of my offense to them. If circumstances set it uip that I didn't find it out until after, I will apologise again in front of hte group, reviewing he situtation, and saying that I was out of line, and would work on not making that same mistake, but finding new exciting mistakes to make.
There's nothing here!