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> Engineers tend to be extroverted and won't hesitate to let you know if you're bothering them. Might be the first person to claim engineers are extroverted.
by notyourwork 9y ago
> Engineers tend to be extroverted and won't hesitate to let you know if you're bothering them.
Might be the first person to claim engineers are extroverted.
- inetknght 9y agoYou might want to read the replies on his previous post https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14395204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14395204
- manicdee 9y agoEngineers are also well known for being unable to effectively communicate sarcasm in written prose.
- nandemo 9y agoNah, in this case it's good sarcasm, if someone doesn't get it they need to work on their sarcasm detector: http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Sarcasm-in-Writing http://www.wikihow.com/Detect-Sarcasm-in-Writing
- notyourwork 9y agoI come here for intelligent discussion not useless sarcasm. This is HN right, not Reddit?
- freehunter 9y agoThat post was sarcasm, but it was incredibly intelligent sarcasm. Irony tends to be one of the higher forms of comedy when well executed.
- virmundi 9y agoProse don't communicate sarcasm easily without explicit notice. Check out The Beggar's Opera (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beggar%27s_Opera). It's actually really funny. Reading in college, no idea. Thought it was boring and everyone was bitchy. Seeing it college, lols. It's the play that inspired the play that brought us Mac the Knife and inspired Mac Tonight.