• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 month ago

    “You genius” sounds like a compliment to me. A “funny” compliment. Would it be taken as sarcasm in the US? It really depends the tone I guess but in Australian english I wouldnt interpret it as sarcasm.

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      30 days ago

      Context and tone matters.

      “Hey, I figured out a way to cut our EC2 needs and scaled down, saving us a ton of money.” “You genius!”

      vs.

      “Ummm… I accidentally left half a dozen m8g.16xlarge nodes running… for the last four months.” “You… fucking genius.”