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12253974 No.12253974 [Reply] [Original]

Hey, Anons. I'm not sure where to ask this, but it's about words so I figure this is the best place.

I'm sure all of you have heard of "laughing with someone" versus "laughing at someone". Laughing with someone means reassuring that person that whatever mistake they made was no big deal and they shouldn't take it hard. Laughing at someone is just mockery. The difference between them is the levity or gravity of the situation. Everyone in the situation is expected to read the mood and understand the intent.

To continue, I've noticed an increase in what I guess I'll call "friendly hostility" in the internet over the years: The use of hyperbole, sarcasm, and "anger" to convey a friendly psuedo-intimate atmosphere. People get mad, but not in a way that's meant to hurt. People insult, but not in a way that meant to be taken seriously. There's getting mad, and then there's getting mad for real.

What I don't get, though, is why there don't seem to be many words emphasizing this dichotomy. Sure, there's angry versus salty. And there are words like banter and roasting. But for something that is so important to the vernacular of the internet (especially the English-speaking side), there's a noticeable lack of words and phrases that can be used to describe and understand it.

>> No.12254009

cunt

>> No.12254018

>>12253974
fuck off cunt

>> No.12254055

Satire is among the highest forms of intelligence and one way to measure for autism in people. There are plenty of words for this don’t muddy the waters for those that enjoy it.

>> No.12254092

>>12253974
OP, this was a good post. Sorry I can't really contribute much, and sorry for the shitty replies.

This board has fallen so far.

>> No.12255102

>>12254055
He's not talking about satire.

>> No.12255114

>>12255102
Shut up gaywad

>> No.12255121

>>12254092
It’s pretty bad right now because teenagers are on christmas break. Hopefully it’ll pick up some when we are past the holidays.

>> No.12255216

>>12253974
Aren't you describing irony, sarcasm, and like you said pseudo-intimacy. These affects have been popularized since before the internet. Christopher Lasch wrote about this artistic and cultural development in the Culture of Narcissism.