this post was submitted on 30 Jul 2025
518 points (94.2% liked)

Comic Strips

18769 readers
1298 users here now

Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

Web of links

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] petrol_sniff_king@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not the one confused, I understood Sahara just fine. I'm more confused why we're 10 comments deep into, essentially, Sahara's choice to use the word "never."

I'm asking this seriously: how do you handle sarcasm? Or hyperbole?

[–] MotoAsh@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Depends on how tactfully they're used. I'm amazed a basic lesson on phrasing and tact is so far out of your league. This entire conversation is pathetic. For you.

Okay, so the word "never" is being used here in its hyperbolic form to, tactfully, strengthen the rhetoric. It impassions the speech to deliver a point with more verve than another choice would.

The message is easy to receive. What is it you gain by being this needlessly contrarian?