Y’know, for a thread about swearing, this is pretty mild. I’d have expected something more like:
“Thank you for the explanation as I’ve often wondered how some of your threads get started, ya’ great moldy penile excrescence”
“I assume you’re being sarcastic as I often explain my reasons for a thread, you undersexed barnacle larvae”
“I’m sorry you had to assume, I thought the sarcasm was clearer. My apologies, you dog-vomit slime mold, you.”
If it wasn’t for the fact that I fear there could be malice in people’s sarcasm then I wouldn’t expose my naivety by asking if something was meant to be sarcastic.
You see I pathologically fear people being nasty to me because it makes me wonder what horrible thing I’ve done to them to deserve it.
I turned into a supermarket aisle just in time to hear a guy say “Yes, dear” to his wife and then turn and say, under his breath, “slutbitchcuntwhorelesbocow”. I couldn’t help but laugh, and when she gave me a funny ‘why the hell is this guy laughing?’ look I totally lost it.
Personally, I prefer to make people have to think in order to be insulted. Refering to someone’s ‘notable paucity of distinct ancestors’ is my favorite.