Just an interesting little thing

[UFDelt]

So I started a random game and I thought it was funny how it came it out.

1- I am the Americans and my biggest allies are the British.

2- My biggest enemy is Arabia and they are FASCIST!

3- Korea is presenting big problems and making me and England nervous (England asks for trade embargos on them all the time).

4- Spain is a good friend but is noncommital to any of my pursuits.

I think that's where the interesting stuff ends.

 

[homeyg]

Now how does that sound familiar...?

 

[HamaticBabylon]

real world politics where America joined a M.A with England against an arab country (Iraq) ...and the arabs are the terrorists.

 

[homeyg]

Originally posted by HamaticBabylon
real world politics where America joined a M.A with England against an arab country (Iraq) ...and the arabs are the terrorists.

I know, I was being sarcastic. It seems like eveytime I say something I don't mean literally here, everyone criticises and doesn't realize it is sarcasm.

 

[Tomoyo]

That's why you need to do this:

[sarcastic]insert text here[/sarcastic]

No one can understand if you are sarcastic if you mark it by a (...) because that is how some people type.

A little too vbcode-y, but it works.

 

[homeyg]

There's a vb code for sarcasm? I didn't know that. Oh wait, I just got it...

 

[Turner]

No, there isn't, but some people (yours truly included) like to make 'pseudo'vbcode, to stand out. Well, I do it sometimes. Usually with an edit....

FWIW, I knew what you were saying.

 

[Bilko]

Or you could just not use that, and use your common sense instead. Most of the time, it's pretty obvious when someone's being sarcastic... like that post.

 

[UFDelt]

It's funny how incredibly off topic this thread became. Anyone who couldn't realize that it was sarcasm shouldn't go walking without a helmet on.

 

[The Last Conformist]

I think that's where the interesting stuff ends.

Where did it begin?

 

[RegentMan]

I think it's funny how some civ games can model real life situations.

Maybe a will denote sarcasm pretty well.

 

[Alexnm]

Well, that always seemed to be the purpose of the smilie.

And the too.