• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    They were not being sarcastic.

    This is a common misconception from Americans who presumably just read some 300 year old poem or book in their English literature lessons and assume everybody still writes like that.

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      1 year ago

      They were definitely being tongue in cheek. No need to get your skidmarked knickers in a twist over a flippant comment.

      Might want to work on your reading comprehension old chap