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		rootusrootus on Sept 23, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The Awkward but Essential Art of Office Chitchat Given the level of sarcasm that goes on in my own household, I don't know if I'd be able to resist saying "Aye, Captain!" if someone habitually greeted me with obvious observations all the time. I'm used to saying that pretty regularly to my seven- and nine-year-old kids.

lonelappde on Sept 23, 2019 [–]

That's not sarcasm, it's sillines. Sarcasm is when you make false statements to annoy people.

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