US Secret Service looking for App that will identify sarcasm

Hi Dame,

I think this all boils down to you explaining to me (trying) that you have no dislike for Americans, and you are only joking. So I will just accept that it is your humor. I'm just going to chalk it up to me being overly sensitive, and protective of my country;)

This vid is especially for you because this is something I think is funny, and hope you might think so too. Just maybe different taste, plus the fact you've no doubt seen a lot of things on here I think are funny, and may not agree at all. Lots of people don't agree with my humor (or even call it that). Some of my best friends just shake their heads at me:playful:

I'm learning too, that some things I died laughing about, I wouldn't laugh at now. Because someone could be hurt by it. I try not to do that, but like the joke/video about a middle-eastern call-center, don't know if you ever saw it. Well, it was funny, but this gal got on me for telling/sharing racial jokes. I thought she was just a spoil-sport until I thought about it for a time. I thought about people trying to earn a living for so little money, having to put up with bitchy callers like me. I am ready to spring when I get someone at a call-center that cannot speak good English.

Anyway, you see where I'm coming from. So I hope you except this vid as a gift, it's one of my faves;) Denise

I will also let you know, in case you never saw the old, Daniel Boone series, with Fess Parker and Ed Ames (Ed played Daniel's side-kick Mingo):

 

There are lot of 'news items' on this subject of the SS wanting to know about 'sarcasm'... also mentioned in one article ( and more likely..) That the S S is checking out posts that are 'influential' ...especially those posts that question all government activity (which is what I tend to do) :rolleyes: I agree in that I question them being so 'open' about it...That's like saying: Hello! I have come to spy on you...
Besides why would the S S do this? This NSA keeps track of every email, post, or 'tweet' and other 'stuff' that exists... People who believe otherwise are delusional (IMO) ... :) ...oh yes, lest I forget 'it's all for our protection against terrorism'... (in case anyone is left wondering, I am not a big fan of government or people who are afraid to question what they do...)
 
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NWLady said:
Hi Dame,

I think this all boils down to you explaining to me (trying) that you have no dislike for Americans, and you are only joking. So I will just accept that it is your humor. I'm just going to chalk it up to me being overly sensitive, and protective of my country;)

This vid is especially for you because this is something I think is funny, and hope you might think so too. Just maybe different taste, plus the fact you've no doubt seen a lot of things on here I think are funny, and may not agree at all. Lots of people don't agree with my humor (or even call it that). Some of my best friends just shake their heads at me:playful:
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Thanks for the gift that buries the hatchet. I enjoyed it.

Humour is an individual thing and has national/cultural characteristics that sometimes other cultures/people find unfunny or offensive. For example, I find Borat repulsive. I won't watch him at all but my daughter finds him amusing. She's a bit weird and always has been with regard to humour.
I blame it on her school. :lol:
 

Statistikhengst said:
Humor is like salt and pepper...
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Shake it easy! :)

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Ina said:
Dame Warri, I find Australians to be more frank than rude. It makes me feel as if I have a good idea of where your coming from. Your right about us Americans being so polite to each other, but a lot of times I've had to learn the lesson that politeness can hide some unsavory agendas.
Most of the times I have been taken for a ride, were preceded by a smile. We are all different, let's stay that way. Makes the discussions much more interesting.:rockon::iwillbeback:
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Many Aussies and Brits I find to be rude. Aussies do what they want and the Brits think they are high and mighty. In America you just look at someone the wrong way that's all but a guaranteed fight. Americans know this, the Europeans don't. The Europeans are less likely to fight which allows for greater verbal intensity-more leeway with verbal behavior.
 
I don't think that we mean to be rude, often...WhatinThe...
we Brits are heavy on irony and sarcasm...we like to pretend to be high and mighty, but we know we aren't really.
i find that Americans don't realise when we are being ironic, that is why some of our comedy shows are re-made in the US, with a US cast; you just don't find them funny.
we can also be very self-deprecating; but beware; we can also get very defensive!
we have a TV show here called 'mock the week' and we do; mock everything; politians, newspapers, anything is fair game.
but that is us about us.....and I think the Aussies tend to do the same.
after all, we have to be good at something still, even if it just verbal sparring!
 
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In America you just look at someone the wrong way that's all but a guaranteed fight.
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Too much effort for this little wombat. Verbal sparring is not meant to result in fisticuffs.
If it does, you're doing it wrong.

Vivjen, I find the Brits to be very witty too, as befits the people who invented the English language.
Aussies are less so but at our best our humour is very dry and ironic. Sarcasm not so much.
 
I can happily announce that I have no bias. I've been disliked by people from all over the world and in my own state and family on the internet :D. I think it's a difficult medium to communicate because you can't hear the inflection in a person's voice or see them grin. Also what is humorous in one country might be very offensive in another. I use emoticons all the time online. Once this guy kind of insulted me over using them all the time and said it's tedious. The very next day he was joking with a woman who got really ticked because she thought he was serious and she went off on him. I told him " Should'a used a smiley jackass." :p
 
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