
(08-21-2015, 03:21 PM)Oli! Wrote: I think we're getting into Thinly Veiled Insults territory again.I think he's being sarcastic, Oli, it's fine! Â I went to architecture school, nobody on this forum has a chance of making me feel bad if they tried. Â The KSA was the mental equivalent of the agoge. Â I think the better response is:
(08-21-2015, 03:18 PM)Verad Wrote:(08-21-2015, 03:16 PM)Ignacius Wrote:(08-21-2015, 02:55 PM)Verad Wrote: Once again, wit is actually very easy. There has been a lot of discussion in this thread that seems to think otherwise, but it is irrelevant.
Wit, at least real wit, isn't easy. Â Real wit is relevant to the discussion being had, and it's cooked up on the fly. Â That's relatively hard for most people to do consistently, even with the time granted by RP post-lapse to do.
Much easier than one might think! All it requires is a healthy dose of snobbery and classism.
Oh God, but who has time for them?