January 20, 2016

James Fallows Learns Something about British Soccer and Sarcasm: James Fallows, a writer for The Atlantic, didn't get the message that British soccer matches are broadcast on NBC sometimes on Saturday mornings. When he encountered one on his tele-visual apparatus, his shock led him to post this sarcastic joke on Twitter: "We are having English pro soccer on a mainstream US TV network on Sat afternoon? Maybe Cruz/Trump are right. Give us back 'our' America." Guess how it went over.

posted by rcade to soccer at 06:23 PM - 4 comments

I guess people who aren't funny in the first place shouldn't try sarcasm either.

posted by owlhouse at 08:31 PM on January 20, 2016

As one who was part of an organization (MyFootballClub) that now gives financial support (and material given we spent money to put match commentary on the Internet) to Slough Town FC, I take great umbrage at relating Slough (7th tier) to Aston Villa. Aston Villa performs like it'd have trouble in the Southern League Premier.

posted by jjzucal at 05:12 PM on January 21, 2016

People who use sarcasm or dark humor on Twitter are asking for trouble. It's a great medium for stripping all the context out of a message for maximal outrage potential.

I do it anyway. Because I'm asking for trouble.

posted by rcade at 06:36 PM on January 21, 2016

I guess Fallows also hasn't heard of Poe's Law

posted by geneparmesan at 02:44 PM on January 27, 2016

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