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Snarf Posted 13 years ago
Vocabulary

Sarcastic

If someone mocks or teases someone else by asking them "Are you drunk?" or "Are you on drugs?", knowing very well that neither of those things is the case, can we say that they are being sarcastic?

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", respectively. Such questions would be nonsensical in such a situation. However, if a person is obviously drunk or on drugs, then you might ask those questions, and then the questions would be interpreted as mocking the person.

— Anonymous

  • ", respectively.
  • Such questions would be nonsensical in such a situation.
  • However, if a person is obviously drunk or on drugs, then you might ask those questions, and then the questions would be interpreted as mocking the person.
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If a person is obviously not drunk or on drugs, then you would not ask the questions, "Are you drunk?", "Are you on drugs?", respectively. Such questions would be nonsensical in such a situation.

However, if a person is obviously drunk or on drugs, then you might ask those questions, and then the questions would be interpreted as mocking the person.
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No, I meant asking those questions in the place of asking something like, "Are you crazy?" They are acting stupid, so you ask something like, "What are you on, man?" Either way, you know the person isn't clinically insane or on anything, but they are ACTING that way. The point is, are such rhetorical questions sarcastic by definition?
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I guess it's sarcasm.

"Are you high?" is a common enough thing to someone who has said something you find absurd.
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