Saturday, August 02, 2008
Really? You weren't sarcastic?
I think I have been around the sarcastic types for too long.
I was talking to a friend about the Dashavataram movie, and I said I liked the ending (the movie dragged in the middle). The conversation was on SMS and she replied saying something like "Yeah, especially the Pearl Harbour part".
Now a little background for those who haven't seen the movie. The scene she mentioned was one where the Japanese guy is in a fist-fight with the ex-CIA mercenary. The CIA guy tries to sledge the Japanese guy by saying "Remember Hiroshima?" and the Japanese guy replies, "Remember Pearl Harbour?". A totally corny scene, I thought. I naturally concluded that she was being sarcastic. I replied saying, "Come on, the movie wasn't that bad" and she got totally confused. Apparently she actually meant that she liked the movie and the ending - including the Pearl Harbour reference.
Yet another incident: I was playing bridge and pulled off a tricky play after much thinking. My partner commented, "Why were you thinking so much? Should have been straightforward for someone at your level," and I told him to cut out the sarcasm. That's because it was a tough problem and it took me a lot of thought to get it right. But turns out he wasn't being sarcastic either, and he actually felt I was an advanced enough player that it should have been a breeze for me.
I've been around people making sarcastic comments for so long that I've started thinking everyone is like that. Have to remember what's normal in this world :)
You reading this, Sakshi?
Cheers,
Prashanth.
I was talking to a friend about the Dashavataram movie, and I said I liked the ending (the movie dragged in the middle). The conversation was on SMS and she replied saying something like "Yeah, especially the Pearl Harbour part".
Now a little background for those who haven't seen the movie. The scene she mentioned was one where the Japanese guy is in a fist-fight with the ex-CIA mercenary. The CIA guy tries to sledge the Japanese guy by saying "Remember Hiroshima?" and the Japanese guy replies, "Remember Pearl Harbour?". A totally corny scene, I thought. I naturally concluded that she was being sarcastic. I replied saying, "Come on, the movie wasn't that bad" and she got totally confused. Apparently she actually meant that she liked the movie and the ending - including the Pearl Harbour reference.
Yet another incident: I was playing bridge and pulled off a tricky play after much thinking. My partner commented, "Why were you thinking so much? Should have been straightforward for someone at your level," and I told him to cut out the sarcasm. That's because it was a tough problem and it took me a lot of thought to get it right. But turns out he wasn't being sarcastic either, and he actually felt I was an advanced enough player that it should have been a breeze for me.
I've been around people making sarcastic comments for so long that I've started thinking everyone is like that. Have to remember what's normal in this world :)
You reading this, Sakshi?
Cheers,
Prashanth.
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