@kewpie saidWhy draw an equivalency between something formal and narrowly defined like a job interview, on the one hand, and something like a platform for people to speak freely and candidly about almost anything, on the other?
Would anyone dare to post anything that they wouldn't say in a job interview?
The purpose of an interview and the purpose of a message board are completely different. In what way do you think they overlap?
16 Jan 24
@fmf saidWhy answer a question with a question?
Why draw an equivalency between something formal and narrowly defined like a job interview, on the one hand, and something like a platform for people to speak freely and candidly about almost anything, on the other?
The purpose of an interview and the purpose of a message board are completely different. In what way do you think they overlap?
Yeah, I know I'm doing it too, but I was looking for humorous answers in this informal forum. What's your motive?
16 Jan 24
@kewpie saidI tried a bit of light-hearted self-deprecating humour, for example, on the "Original 'Pawn Stars'" thread recently. The reaction was carnage: nastiness, disingenuousness, posturing, and being blamed for destroying the forums ~ none of which originated from me. Anyone can go back and look at it.
I was looking for humorous answers in this informal forum.
@kewpie saidI don't know about "job interviews", but a poster called Kevin Eleven would frequently ask me if I would "have the courage" to go into a local mosque at prayer time and confront Muslims with my agnostic/atheistic perspectives.
Would anyone dare to post anything that they wouldn't say in a job interview?
My reaction was always the same: how is a house of worship of a particular religion, in which people are engaged in the rituals related to their faith, in any way equivalent to a venue like a U.K.-based chess website with a chat forum for religious and non-religious people to discuss things with each other?
16 Jan 24
@fmf saidThread 198344
I tried a bit of light-hearted self-deprecating humour, for example, on the "Original 'Pawn Stars'" thread recently. The reaction was carnage: nastiness, disingenuousness, posturing, and being blamed for destroying the forums ~ none of which originated from me. Anyone can go back and look at it.
Indeed the "humopur" part wasn't recognised by many (including me, even after rereading I can't find the "humour".
However I shrugged it off, but then I am not a native speaker and have general problems with "pulling oens leg". Normally I feel that it is a cheap way to explain embarrasing ebhaviour (In that case I understood the "humouros", "leg pulling" asan attempt to imply that dcpk could be a reestablished account (and yes it was made clear with the addendum that it was not the case...but "humourous" would not hav eebn my description).
16 Jan 24
@ponderable saidI feel that it is a cheap way to explain embarrassing behaviour
Indeed the "humopur" part wasn't recognised by many (including me, even after rereading I can't find the "humour".
However I shrugged it off, but then I am not a native speaker and have general problems with "pulling oens leg". Normally I feel that it is a cheap way to explain embarrasing ebhaviour (In that case I understood the "humouros", "leg pulling" asan attempt to ...[text shortened]... ear with the addendum that it was not the case...but "humourous" would not hav eebn my description).
Well, as you say, you just didn't get it. And having admitted that, it's a bit rich of you to claim that the humour - that you didn't get - was "a cheap way to explain embarrassing behavior".
I am not the slightest bit "embarrassed" by my self-deprecating humour and I do not write posts with non-native speakers in mind.
You probably should have "shrugged it off" and left it at that.
16 Jan 24
@ponderable saidYou are talking about something different. The self-deprecating quips were elsewhere. I genuinely did not see dcpk on the list at first and made a mistake. It wasn't "humour". And I corrected the mistake within 30 seconds. So what on Earth are you moaning about?
I understood the "humouros", "leg pulling" asan attempt to imply that dcpk could be a reestablished account (and yes it was made clear with the addendum that it was not the case
16 Jan 24
@fmf saidAs you quite correctly said I didn't get it.
You are talking about something different. The self-deprecating quips were elsewhere. I genuinely did not see dcpk on the list at first and made a mistake. It wasn't "humour". And I corrected the mistake within 30 seconds. So what on Earth are you moaning about?