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minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 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.
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoContext 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.”
minus-squareFundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·30 days agoWell there’s a “fucking” there.
minus-squaretomkatt@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoWell, yeah. For fucking emphasis. “Absolute” would have worked as well.
“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.
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.”
Well there’s a “fucking” there.
Well, yeah. For fucking emphasis. “Absolute” would have worked as well.