I agree in the context you posit but I am really beginning to see this in acquaintances or with someone with which you strike up a conversation and they struggle to process fairly obvious ironic or oxymoronic jibes. Older people are much more adept at stepping into a jesting or jocular mode while younger ones are too cautious or fearful …
I agree in the context you posit but I am really beginning to see this in acquaintances or with someone with which you strike up a conversation and they struggle to process fairly obvious ironic or oxymoronic jibes. Older people are much more adept at stepping into a jesting or jocular mode while younger ones are too cautious or fearful (is that too strong) to engage in what I would call repartee. IMHO a world without levity is too dark to abide, even when the jokes are on me.
I think what you're describing is people having bought into this whole PC concept. Which is strictly enforced nowadays in the corporate world. And so they carry what they learned in various corporate "trainings" over into their personal environments.
I have lost lots of relationships lately because it got absolutely unbearable. But I haven't dropped my deadpan self. Fuck them and fuck PC.
I agree in the context you posit but I am really beginning to see this in acquaintances or with someone with which you strike up a conversation and they struggle to process fairly obvious ironic or oxymoronic jibes. Older people are much more adept at stepping into a jesting or jocular mode while younger ones are too cautious or fearful (is that too strong) to engage in what I would call repartee. IMHO a world without levity is too dark to abide, even when the jokes are on me.
I think what you're describing is people having bought into this whole PC concept. Which is strictly enforced nowadays in the corporate world. And so they carry what they learned in various corporate "trainings" over into their personal environments.
I have lost lots of relationships lately because it got absolutely unbearable. But I haven't dropped my deadpan self. Fuck them and fuck PC.
...I haven't seen that - or noticed it at least - but now that you mention it, I'll be on the lookout for it.