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I think they know that. I read their comment as sarcastic.
by trelane 2y ago
I think they know that. I read their comment as sarcastic.
- jprete 2y agoIt's really, really close though. The kill distance of six miles is what tips me over the edge of reading it as sarcasm.
- trelane 2y agoReally? To me, it is a very clear instance. Amongst my cohort, saying "The safety officer won't let us do anything fun" is going to generally always be sarcastic, unless the point is that some rules seem excessively and obviously pointless, which these aren't. It's more a backhanded way of saying "thank goodness the safety office stopped us / those boneheads from doing something that would have been incredibly stupid."
- nocman 2y agoIt depends totally on how you read it. In this case, my first thought after reading that was "play stupid games, win stupid prizes". There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way -- by which I mean people that are serious when they respond with "you guys ruin all the fun" to others who bring up genuine concerns that will most likely have wide-sweeping ramifications.
- trelane 2y ago> There are plenty of people (especially on the internet) who actually do think that way Sure. That's why these safety officers exist. I think some other funranium posts state.that (paraphrased) "safety rules are written in blood." That said, I suspect folks like that would tend to phrase the rule in a way to diminish the implied impact/likelihood, rather than enhance it or state as-is, as (afaict) the original did.
- jaystraw 2y agolike finishing a comment with, "we walked away with all our fingers -- perfect to flip the safety officer the bird"
- ChrisMarshallNY 2y agoOK, you have a bunch of kids, who, under different circumstances, might be playing grabass on campus, instead, are in charge of incredibly deadly stuff. What could possibly go wrong?