So basically, sarcasm.

Sarcasm. Webster defines it as "a sharp and often satirical or iron utterance designed to cut or give pain." How true is this statement made up by some really really bored English guys? Sarcasm is usually the tone you give a significant other when saying that everything is fine when it isn't, or taking a statement and throwing it back at them with some extremity to make them feel lesser of themselves. I think this gives pain, wouldn't you? Or in familial ties, where your family jokes about your recent job or love-life, and you hate being reminded of such casualties.

I guess this leads to the intonation of how things are said. If you say things like "yeah, whatever" as either flirty or legit angry, then you obviously have two moods that can be based off of one phrase. This is the problem I have with electronic communication, i.e. texting, e-mailing, even twittering. You cannot hear the tone of some one's voice via these ways, but still accuse people of "saying" something they never actually verbalized. Then you have court cases which says that it was verbalized, but electronically. Then they send you to jail or juvie, whichever you prefer, and you're basically screwed for just joking around. Or using politically incorrect phrases. Cause we all know, heaven forbid, that someone use "gay" or "retarded" in a blog. Or on myspace, twitter, facebook, you name it.

Now, there are many phrases in the world that can be taken two or more ways. Things like "cool" "great" "yeah, awesome" "i love you" "i hate you" can all be taken differently depending on the intonation. Cool can be nonchalant or caring, great could be praise or apathetic, and i hate you could always mean that you love them, just you're refusing to admit to it. If only we could hear President Obama use one of these, which I'm sure he has and I haven't heard him say them. How i wish i could record every single mess-up he caused. I'd have a really good blogging topic then, wouldn't ya think? ;)