General Discussion & Comments

[First Citizen Gallienus]

No, we decided to cancel the whole thing, and instead devote our time to dog breeding. A fascinating field.

Ah yes, sarcasm.

[SeniorBatavianHorse]

Or is it a wonderful dose of irony?

[Constantius]

No, we decided to cancel the whole thing, and instead devote our time to dog breeding. A fascinating field.

How exciting, any particular breeds

[Knonfoda]

lol @ Joar, that actually made me laugh out loud too, properly and not just metaphorically.

[First Citizen Gallienus]

lol @ Joar, that actually made me laugh out loud too, properly and not just metaphorically.

I fear there may have been more to the joke than I originally suspected. Perhaps I need to study European comedy more thorougly.

[Diocle]

First Citizen, no need to study european comedy! IMHO it is a matter of points of view: The difference between sarcasm and irony sometimes could be very, very subtle, in this case I see an hybrid form, between sarcasm and irony, but everyone sees the things from the perspective of his personal tastes o.c.!

[Knonfoda]

No, you're right FCG, it was sarcasm at it's best, it's just I looked first at Joar's avatar, then read what he said, and just could not help but burst out laughing. Plus, it's so out of character. I don't think I've ever seen Joar joke before, the scene was just set perfectly lol... I mean, dog breeding? C'mon, it makes me laugh just thinking of it!

[Diocle]

I think there wa s also some good irony, in the end the joke had not a strong aggressive or derisive or provocative nature, it is a mix between sarcasm (it was clear that he was joking and saying: what a silly question!) but it was not provocative against the person, so also a good percentage of irony!
FCG do you search for irony? Well read Oscar Wilde!
Do you want the sarcasm at the top? read Karl Marx!
Joar created a mix between German sarcasm and British irony, and a good one!

[Diocletianus]

In my letterature course : Sarcasm = evil. Irony is like sarcasm but less ''evil''.

[Diocle]

I could agree, but also the irony might be evil and very evil! IMHO it is a problem of 'weight', the sarcasm is heavier, the irony is lighter!
The Germans are notoriously heavier than the British, and Before Joar arrives saying that I'm doing ethnicistic statements, I say that I'm speaking about social psycology, taht is really a different thing than ethnicism.

[First Citizen Gallienus]

In my letterature course : Sarcasm = evil. Irony is like sarcasm but less ''evil''.

Ouch. I guess that makes me an evil/bad man. Alot of my classmates in high school used to get mad at me cause they said that I was "so sarcastic."
Before this discussion continues any further, and we are subsequently disciplined for being off-topic, perhaps we should continue it in the Tavern.

So yeah, um, sarcasm is evil eh?

[Knonfoda]

Way ahead of you boys.

[Joar]

Ah yes, sarcasm.

Or is it a wonderful dose of irony?

"Sarcony"?

Plus, it's so out of character. I don't think I've ever seen Joar joke before

Now, I've noticed a tendency for this thread to get rather silly. Now I do my best to keep things moving along, but I'm not having things getting silly. Those last two posts I did got very silly indeed. And that last one about the dogs was even sillier. Now, nobody likes a good laugh more than I do, except perhaps my wife and some of her friends. Oh yes, and Captain Johnson. Come to think of it, most people like a good laugh more than I do, but that's beside the point. Now, let's have a good, clean, healthy outdoor thread. Get some air into your lungs. Ten, nine, eight and all that...

[Joar]

I've noticed that there's very few fans of pop cultural reference here...

[Knonfoda]

You mentioned your wife likes a good laugh. Tell me, is she a goer? Dos she go? Ey? Eh? Know what I mean, known what I mean, wink wink nudge nudge say no more ey? Does she like photography? CANDID photography? Say no more, a nod is as good as a wink to a blind bat

[Joar]

She goes all right...

[First Citizen Gallienus]

I've noticed that there's very few fans of pop cultural reference here...

Well, seeing as how I didn't really know a whole lot about Alan Partridge, it seems your version of pop culture defers from mine. However, I have heard and watched Absolutely Fabulous, which is pretty friggin' hilarious!

[Knonfoda]

lol my girlfriend got me into that, at first I was like oh God, your typical sunday night nothing else on tv she likes it I know I'm going to hate it attitude, but it was actually pretty hilarious.

[Diocle]

Waiting to know haw the mod RO will address the problem of the christian religion, and in the hope of being able to conduct some good old full scale persecutions , I'm reading A. Goldsworthy book: 'The Fall of the West. The Slow Death of the Roman Superpower', that I find a good and interesting work.

I found this very funny episode, describing the interrogation of a suspected christian bishop by a Roman Governor:

Governor: "Episcopus es?".......('Are you a Bishop?')
Bishop:.... "Sum".......................('I am')
Governor: "Fuisti"..................... ('You was!')

Do you see? Also in the III century there were some good and capable provincial Governors!!
What a beautiful language is the Latin!! So....concise and effective!!

[First Citizen Gallienus]

I know this is probably asking alot... but could you guys by any chance implement 0-turn recruitment in this mod, as a seperate option? I've fallen in love with Roma Surrectum II's system.