> "Does correctly interpreting my comment/joke require the reader/listener to know that I am clever, droll, sarcastic and definitely not-a-nazi?" This gets eve

> "Does correctly interpreting my comment/joke require the reader/listener to know that I am clever, droll, sarcastic and definitely not-a-nazi?" This gets even more fun cross culturally. I used to practice emoting in the mirror when first moving to America because people couldn’t read me and would often joke/complain that I come off like a robot. Even now it still takes some conscious effort to over-do my emotions. Especially around surprises and such. Back home they now say I “grin like an american”.