[Bay Kid]

Originally Posted by Andyb

No, they have learned that we offer free housing, food stamps and other entitlements, so they are coming in droves.
Does anyone pay attention to our deficit that funds this? Going to be real ugly one day.

So true. Worth the risk of life all the free (not, we must pay) stuff.

[LiverpoolWalrus]

Originally Posted by GoodLife

"To create or decode sarcasm, both the expressers and recipients of sarcasm need to overcome the contradiction (i.e., psychological distance) between the literal and actual meanings of the sarcastic expressions," said author Francesca Gino. "This is a process that activates and is facilitated by abstraction, which in turn promotes creative thinking."

I also like to use sarcasm sometimes to "promote creative thinking." But alas I have found during my many years of participating in online chats that many people seem to take things literally - at face value. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing, but I wonder what it says about a predisposition to think creatively.

Did you know that gullible is not in the dictionary?

[ColdNoMore]

Originally Posted by LiverpoolWalrus

I also like to use sarcasm sometimes to "promote creative thinking." But alas I have found during my many years of participating in online chats that many people seem to take things literally - at face value. Not sure if that's a good thing or bad thing, but I wonder what it says about a predisposition to think creatively.

Did you know that gullible is not in the dictionary?

Now THAT is an excellent example...of being "gullible."

GULLIBLE (don't click here, or you'll be electrocuted...)

gullibleor gul·la·ble [ guhl-uh-buhl ]

adjective

- easily deceived or cheated.

[OhioBuckeye]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

That gave me a good laugh. Keep up the good work!

Then we can call it, “Morse’s Town”, instead of “Jones Town”, LOL.

[edomit]

Statue of Liberty says it all. And, no, it’s not obsolete.