facepalm of the day

[Danzig]

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ton_state.html

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Danzig

http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slate...ton_state.html

http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/24/if...-die-in-fires/

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by OldDog

http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/24/if...-die-in-fires/

http://happynicetimepeople.com/resea...m-yeah-right/#!

Everyone would like to think that the ability to get irony and sarcasm has something to do with being smart — it just makes sense, after all, that picking up on the subtle cues that a statement isn’t meant to be taken at face value has something to do with intelligence, or discernment, or something like that. And god knows when we don’t pick up on a sarcastic remark, we definitely feel dumb. While I suspect that there’s probably something to that, some recent research published in Frontiers in Psychology suggests that, in children at least, the ability to understand irony and sarcasm appears to be related to the child’s ability to empathize with others.

[OldDog]

So, slate was being sarcastic. Or you were. Got it.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by OldDog

So, slate was being sarcastic. Or you were. Got it.

no, i think slate was pointing out the irony.
people say no government...and then they find out later how often they actually need part of it.
and then they say 'oh'

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by Danzig

no, i think slate was pointing out the irony.
people say no government...and then they find out later how often they actually need part of it.
and then they say 'oh'

http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/24/if...-die-in-fires/

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by OldDog

http://dailycaller.com/2015/08/24/if...-die-in-fires/

did something change from that story you just linked above?