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ChocolateSauce

sink wrote: »

*whoosh*

LOL

Whispered

Yeah, I also have been told not all athiests are snide sarcastic bastids. Is that also false?

midlandsmissus

helena.ryan wrote: »

Yeah, I also have been told not all athiests are snide sarcastic bastids. Is that also false?

Good on you helena.ryan!

To answer your question, no they are not all like that on here, but some are extremely snide and sarcastic when you ask a question, and you just have to give them as good as you get.

Sink let me say *whoosh*! That's a big laugh coming up out of me at your strange computer lingo........;)

The Mad Hatter

helena.ryan wrote: »

Yeah, I also have been told not all athiests are snide sarcastic bastids. Is that also false?

Yup.

midlandsmissus

The Mad Hatter wrote: »

Yup.

The mad hatter. she was saying that in response to some-one being snide and sarcastic on here! (just in case you missed that bit, i know you didnt but )

Instead of saying 'yup' why not be nice to the girl and answer her question!

sink

midlandsmissus wrote: »

The mad hatter. she was saying that in response to some-one being snide and sarcastic on here! (just in case you missed that bit, i know you didnt but )

Instead of saying 'yup' why not be nice to the girl and answer her question!

ChocolateSauce was making a joke. The joke was that some people do not believe in god but do not call themselves atheists when in reality that is exactly what they are. They don't call themselves atheists because that term rightly or wrongly has many negative connotations attached to it such as we're all snide sarcastic bastards. "*Whoosh*" was also a joke, it was the sound ChocolateSauces joke made when it flew over helenas head. The fact that it was snide added to the comedic value as it was stereotypical snide atheist comment. It's not really that funny and probably shouldn't have said it.

The Mad Hatter

sink wrote: »

ChocolateSauce was making a joke. The joke was that some people do not believe in god but do not call themselves atheists when in reality that is exactly what they are. They don't call themselves atheists because that term rightly or wrongly has many negative connotations attached to it such as we're all snide sarcastic bastards. "*Whoosh*" was also a joke, it was the sound ChocolateSauces joke made when it flew over helenas head. The fact that it was snide added to the comedic value as it was stereotypical snide atheist comment.

Just to add that 'yup' was also a joke, because I like paradoxes.

Dave!

Jokes aren't funny when you have to explain them

Whispered

Ah see I came on here when i joined, thinking I'm not an athiest even though I don't believe in god and Dades and co took the time to explain that I am in fact, horror of horror, an athiest. My athiest education took a giant leap back when i read the sarcastic comment and missed the sarcasm. (CS - you don't do saracsm very well btw)

oeb

helena.ryan wrote: »

Ah see I came on here when i joined, thinking I'm not an athiest even though I don't believe in god and Dades and co took the time to explain that I am in fact, horror of horror, an athiest. My athiest education took a giant leap back when i read the sarcastic comment and missed the sarcasm. (CS - you don't do saracsm very well btw)

Sarcasm that the target misses is the best kind of sarcasm!

Whispered

oeb wrote: »

Sarcasm that the target misses is the best kind of sarcasm!

because it's all the more snide & nasty that way?

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

oeb

helena.ryan wrote: »

because it's all the more snide & nasty that way?

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I think you will find that wit Is the lowest form of wit.

The Mad Hatter

helena.ryan wrote: »

because it's all the more snide & nasty that way?

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I've always had issue with that comment. Surely bad puns are the lowest form of wit?

Malari

Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the recipient who doesn't get it...

Galvasean

helena.ryan wrote: »

Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.

I love saying that in a sarcastic tone.

PS: Your sig is outdated. time to get over it.

Galvasean

At the risk of straying vaguely back on topic i spotted this in AH:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055437899

Basically a topic on the census and how many people are actually Christian.

lostexpectation

midlandsmissus wrote: »

I nearly choked on my diet coke!!! WHAT!! I mean COME ON! you read way too much into things

thats exactly what your were doing, creating a situation where christians were a minority so you could act oppressed and run back complaining about (non)nasty atheists to the catholic forum, like you did with your first post here.

midlandsmissus

lostexpectation wrote: »

thats exactly what your were doing, creating a situation where christians were a minority so you could act oppressed and run back complaining about (non)nasty atheists to the catholic forum, like you did with your first post here.

Lostexpectation, to be honest, think whatever you want, I couldnt care less at this stage. I know 'a repressed minority' couldn't have been further from my mind.

And yes I did complain when I first joined, (I wonder why). Obviously I've toughened up now and can deal with spiteful messages like this one, by saying, what you just said in that message says far more about you than it does about me.

ChocolateSauce

sink wrote: »

ChocolateSauce was making a joke. The joke was that some people do not believe in god but do not call themselves atheists when in reality that is exactly what they are. They don't call themselves atheists because that term rightly or wrongly has many negative connotations attached to it such as we're all snide sarcastic bastards. "*Whoosh*" was also a joke, it was the sound ChocolateSauces joke made when it flew over helenas head. The fact that it was snide added to the comedic value as it was stereotypical snide atheist comment. It's not really that funny and probably shouldn't have said it.

Sarcasm is great wit when used properly. Anyway, it is more important to avoid pissing people off unnecessarily than it is to keep a joke funny by not explaining it.

In addition to what sink says above, my joke was also a reference to an anecdote in The God Delusion, where Dawkins relays the tale of the young woman who tells her family she is an atheist, and the mother goes "Not believing in god we can accept, but an atheist?!"

It is a famous anecdote these days. Didn't mean to upset anybody?

Whispered

I know you didn't! I didn't get the sarcasm, I hadn't read the thread fully TBH so when that quote popped out at me I asked about it. Thats all.