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>In places where great work is being done, the attitude always seems to be critical and sarcastic It can be tricky, though, to be critical and sarcastic withou
by edmccard 10y ago
>In places where great work is being done, the attitude always seems to be critical and sarcastic
It can be tricky, though, to be critical and sarcastic without using a jeering tone.[1]
[1]https://twitter.com/paulg/status/789066303566929920 https://twitter.com/paulg/status/789066303566929920
- ghaff 10y agoCritical and sarcastic seem to be two rather different things to me. Constructive criticism is certainly important in all sorts of contexts. You don't want to be all "Oh that's perfect" when in fact it's fundamentally flawed in some way. Sarcastic is more a matter of style than substance. "That's the stupidest idea I've ever heard." Which doesn't seem necessary or necessarily positive.
- mratzloff 10y agoThat's not sarcasm.
- ghaff 10y agoSarcasm does not need to be ironic. From Wikipedia: Sarcasm is "a sharp, bitter, or cutting expression or remark; a bitter gibe or taunt. Sarcasm may employ ambivalence, although sarcasm is not necessarily ironic. In any case, saying instead: "Oh yeah, that's a fucking brilliant idea" doesn't seem clearly better in my book.