@ATC: Protip: Pretty much any time somebody uses a smiley, it usually means that they don't intend for the statement to be taken seriously. And in a thread as off-topic as this one, you should take pretty much everything with a grain of salt unless somebody actually says they're being serious.
![[up]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/smiles/arrow_up.png "[up]")
That's not true, I was legitimately sad that we couldn't all just replace every word in our posts with pony.
Bronies: You need to understand that comedians make JOKES ABOUT PEOPLE. You're not sacred, nor is your fandom. Learn to laugh at yourself
I don't think the sadface really counts, I guess. I was talking about stuff like the tongue one.
I know, I'm just being difficult. XD
Bronies: You need to understand that comedians make JOKES ABOUT PEOPLE. You're not sacred, nor is your fandom. Learn to laugh at yourself
It seemed pretty clearly joking in context to me. The ATC thing, not you.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
A basic knowledge of how humans interact online is usually required to know such things.
Normally, this is the kind of thing that would be given by tone of voice and body language, but those can't exactly be used with text…
Look at my name, I *am* a ninja :P
ATC, if that was in fact an insult (which it almost certainly wasn't), it would have been way too straightforward to be considered veiled.
I took a guess and cut a portion out of my heart.
He said, "That's nowhere close enough, but it's a damn good start."
How I could tell it was joking: In the middle of people saying one thing, someone says the opposite in a very extreme but deadpan manner. If they actually thought that, they would have said 'I disagree' or 'Actually I think' or something like that, and they also would have phrased the criticism differently. For one thing, they probably would have given some actual criticism about why they think you're bad instead of just spouting a meme with no elaboration.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
Still, I would like confirmation from Carc that it wasn't a veiled insult.
ATC: I was indeed joking, and it was not meant as an insult at all — it was just a silly attempt at
Hypocritical Humour, combined with a suggestion that you were taking the whole thing way too seriously. My apologies if I did not convey this accurately — I suppose that I could have linked to
Sarcasm Mode, perhaps.
On another note, I decided to swear off webcomics forever, as they end up taking up too much of my time. I Pinkie Promised.
Heavens help me if I end up betraying my promise...
edited 18th Aug '12 12:43:22 AM by Carciofus
But they seem to
know where they are going, the ones who walk away from Omelas.
-sigh- I should be asleep now, but I just can't.
That is
boolshit!
I did nawt hit her! I did nawt.
Oh, hai Broccoli.
Back in Black, and by black I mean BLU.
@ Ginger: She's just hanging around really, what she does is important but kinda beneath her.
@ Purple: Uncool. Next you'll talk about how AJ goes back in time and becomes her own mother.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
Not to mention thermdynamically improbable.
Life is simple: it has no nontrivial normal subgroups.
![[lol]](https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lol2v12_4863.png "[lol]"){kind=small}
Or What Sixth said while I was helping someone order a lab test 
