How My Start-Up Failed

Re:How My Start-Up Failed by timr on Monday September 15, 2008 @03:32AM (#304409)

If your dictionary has rules for sarcasm, I think I would like to see it.

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by mattmaroon on Monday September 15, 2008 @04:22AM (#304437)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcasm

"Sarcasm is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing."

I don't think agreeing fits.

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by timr on Monday September 15, 2008 @06:29AM (#304493)

Well, if wikipedia says it, it must be true.

(See that? Agreement.)

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by timr on Monday September 15, 2008 @06:00PM (#305132)

I see the humor police are out in force. For those of you who are unable to resist clicking the little down arrow on comments that seem vaguely negative, let's be clear: the whole point was to demonstrate that it's possible to be sarcastic while still agreeing with someone. Yeesh.

In particular, when you "agree" with something that you have quoted out of context, it's quite easy to paint it with the opposite of its intended meaning. That's what the OP did -- he took a remark that wasn't intended to disparage the MBA degree, and turned it into something that did.

That's called sarcasm, whether wikipedia is your authoritative reference on the subject, or not.

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by mattmaroon on Monday September 15, 2008 @06:27PM (#305162)

Note that I said genuinely agreeing, as his first comment seemed to be and his second specifically stated he was. You can't be sarcastic while genuinely agreeing.

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by fallentimes on Monday September 15, 2008 @10:36PM (#305341)

Not like it matters at this point, but I was generally agreeing with the author because I used to be him. However, as noted in my comment above I should have elaborated.

It's always interesting when people declare what someone else is saying or thinking or trying to convey instead of just asking them to clarify :).

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by timr on Monday September 15, 2008 @11:34PM (#305384)

Well, regardless of the original intent, it's probably a pretty safe bet that people were voting for it because they perceived it to be a bash on MBA degrees.

My main gripe is with anti-intellectualism and other forms of low-brow snottery in general, not so much with your specific comment.

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Re:How My Start-Up Failed by fmora on Monday March 30, 2009 @09:39AM (#538482)

>>perceived it to be a bash on MBA degrees How do you know????

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