How often do you post something that is obviously meant as

satire, only to have someone take you seriously?

And I rarely see things as satire. And there is an explanation that can explain that. Many times when someone thinks they are doing satire they are not.

Here is how it works. Someone thinks they are being clever creating something as satire, and it actually says something else, that they do not see until later. And the impression is not satire to the people that see it also.


For instance if there were 10 people that believed something, and someone in satire said they believed it, the 10 people would only see how they are agreeing with them without even knowing they are doing it.

Sarcasm and satire makes much of the power behind speaking things convoluted. For those that like physical explanations, the brain does not understand 'no'. Tell someone don't (then something) their mind will image the thing, and imprint without the no, since brain imprint at any level below consciousness does not know visualizations of 'not'.

For instance, if you are playing pool, and you think, don't scratch the cue, the mind will only see the imaging of 'scratch the cue', and you will scratch. Many pool players don't know that, and try to image things with negatives attached and get opposite results. So in pool, if you are worried about a scratch, you image the cue hitting the rail an inch from the pocket.

So from a imprint or absorption layer, none of the the deeper mind understands sarcasm or satire, and I spend much of my time in that mind.

I still make that mistake sometimes, but only when thinking badly about someone, another reason to avoid things like negative ads and hopeing someone fails by thinking something does 'not' be effective, instead find something you like about something and spend your time and thought working on that.

Although I should add, people interpret things differently, there are many things I see that have good and bad, and try to find the good and ignore the bad.

I should add, I have no cash thought, so you would have to buy the beer. Unless you are without cash to, then it would be water :)

sigh...

In GD, every time.