Maybe joke was the wrong wording, but you are really digging deep for a throw-away line on an internet thread. I will try to explain since you took the time to write the essay.
One person says a line to talk down about something. “Seattle seems unfriendly.”
I say I agree, but I actually like the thing they don’t like. “I knew I liked Seattle”
That’s essentially it. I like the aspect of Seattle the other person didn’t. At best, other people like minded to me would read it and blow some air out their nose in agreement.
Maybe joke was the wrong wording, but you are really digging deep for a throw-away line on an internet thread. I will try to explain since you took the time to write the essay.
One person says a line to talk down about something. “Seattle seems unfriendly.”
I say I agree, but I actually like the thing they don’t like. “I knew I liked Seattle”
That’s essentially it. I like the aspect of Seattle the other person didn’t. At best, other people like minded to me would read it and blow some air out their nose in agreement.
I appreciate your willingness to explain, but I am still confused.
… I am the person who described Seattle as introverted and anti social.
You are ascribing motive, intention, to my original description, that motive being ‘to talk down about something’, ie, to insult or degrade.
I am not doing that. I am describing my lived experience in Seattle as objectively as I can.
Yes, it is my personal, anecdotal experiencd, so it may or may not be truly representative…
But I am not exagerating in my assesment.
You have assumed I am doing that, and just said something with a contrarian intention than the intention you incorrectly assumed I had.
That still isn’t a joke.
It is just being contrarian.
In keeping with the thread topic…
Dude, just drop it