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You counter the facetiousness in a way it stops spreading and possibly even spark a constructive discussion is how I understand it (ESL though). I certainly obs
by jraph 1y ago
You counter the facetiousness in a way it stops spreading and possibly even spark a constructive discussion is how I understand it (ESL though). I certainly observed this phenomenon myself (although as the person being facetious, I often feel like "I was joking, I actually agree, that's indeed what I was actually implying, but good you made it clear and explicit I guess")
I guess you'd disarm the person being facecious rather than the facetiousness, like you'd disarm someone about to cast you a magic spell.
- thaumasiotes 1y ago> I guess you'd disarm the person being facecious rather than the facetiousness No, you disarm the facetiousness, the same way you'd disarm a trap. Disarming the person wouldn't make sense. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disarm https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/disarm > 2. (transitive) To deprive of the means or the disposition to harm; to render harmless or innocuous. > [quotations] to disarm a man's wrath
- jraph 1y agoInteresting, in French, you can both disarm someone or a gun. https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9sarmer https://fr.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/d%C3%A9sarmer
- thaumasiotes 1y agoYou can disarm a person in English, but you can't disarm them of their mood.
- jraph 1y agoIn French neither, I took this as a figure of speech where facetiousness is likened to a weapon.