I sort of meant the copy of blender I have open. But that's cool, it sort of illuminates the other weird discussion I am in. Unless I have put the sarcasm on with a trowel, I am otherwise usually pretty literal and often get confused by people telling me what I meant to say and what others meant to say. I'm not entirely sure this practice of projecting adjustments, while common, is all that well rooted in reality.
I too have issues with people grasping my language. I think it's a common thing these days. I feel like I have to be overly verbose for anyone to understand me. Else they just think I'm dumb or rude. I try to use winky faces ;) when sarcasm is text only. Perhaps we need a Font Typeface for sarcasm..?
This is the other reason to lay it on with a trowel. In speech I can be more subtle with sarcasm, online I hate the use of '/s' tags, so I flag it more by including surreal or ridiculous elements and making sharp changes in style.
Fair, I do that a bit too. If people need me to focus, I then tend to change gears slowly. Some managers bizarrely see this as a training opportunity and like to switch what I am doing several times a day against my protestations that it is probably a bad idea if they want to get good work out of me.
