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On Sun, 17 Aug 2025 18:52:22 -0700,  Alan says...  

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> On 2025-08-17 18:48, AlleyCat wrote:
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> > On Sat, 16 Aug 2025 18:47:03 -0700,  Alan says...
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> >> On 2025-08-16 18:32, AlleyCat wrote:
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> >>> On Fri, 15 Aug 2025 12:04:41 -0700,  Alan says...
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> >>>>>>> WHEN are you going to stop sucking at this, lakehouse rich boy?
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> >>>>>> No source?
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> >>> Nope.
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> >> According to you, no cite means you're lying.
> > 
> > Nope. Not my quote.

> You set the terms, Loser.

Nope.

To fully grasp the essence of "facetious," one must embark upon an intellectual and linguistic journey that far surpasses the mere, 
perfunctory definition offered by a standard lexicon. It is a term that, while often confined to the simplistic realm of "joking," 
embodies a far more intricate and nuanced form of human expression. Facetiousness is not merely the act of being humorous; it is 
the art of being humorously inappropriate, of wielding wit with a deliberate and calculated lack of solemnity in situations where 
solemnity is, by all accounts, the expected and demanded currency of the moment.

It is a form of levity that dances precariously on the precipice of decorum, a flippant remark delivered with a twinkle in the eye 
but a complete disregard for the gravity of the subject matter at hand. To be facetious is to engage in a verbal joust where the 
primary objective is to deflate the serious, to puncture the puffed-up pretense of a weighty conversation with the sharp pin of an 
absurd, ill-timed, and often slightly mischievous quip. It is a verbal wink to a knowing audience, a quiet rebellion against the 
tyranny of seriousness.

Consider the fellow who, upon being informed of an impending financial crisis, might declare with a perfectly straight face that he 
has already purchased his ticket to the moon, fully intending to pay for it with Monopoly money. His comment is not merely a joke; 
it is a facetious act. It is a refusal to be intimidated by the grim reality of the situation, a subtle way of saying that the very 
seriousness of the matter is, in its own way, ludicrous. The facetious individual is a verbal provocateur, an agent of chaos in the 
staid world of earnest discourse.

It is a mode of communication that requires a certain intellectual agility, for the facetious comment, to land with its intended 
effect, must be cleverly disguised. It must pass as a sincere inquiry or a genuine observation for a fleeting moment before its 
sheer absurdity reveals its true, playful purpose. The true master of facetiousness does not announce their jest; they allow it to 
unfold, to be discovered by the listener, thereby creating a shared, conspiratorial moment of shared amusement. It is a 
performance, a brief theatrical interlude, that serves to remind us that even in the most grave of circumstances, the human spirit 
retains its capacity for a touch of lighthearted, perhaps even ill-advised, frivolity. It is, in its purest form, the triumph of 
wit over gravity.

LOL
 
> Don't blame me you can't live by them.

There's plenty to "blame" you for... that's not one.

You want examples?

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"Trump Derangement Syndrome" Is a Real Mental Condition

All you need to know about "Trump Derangement Syndrome," or TDS.

"Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS) is a mental condition in which a person has been driven effectively insane due to their dislike 
of Donald Trump, to the point at which they will abandon all logic and reason."

Justin Raimondo, the editorial director of Antiwar.com, wrote a piece in the Los Angeles Times in 2016 that broke TDS down into 
three distinct phases or stages:

"In the first stage of the disease, victims lose all sense of proportion. The president-elect's every tweet provokes a firestorm, 
as if 140 characters were all it took to change the world."

"The mid-level stages of TDS have a profound effect on the victim's vocabulary: Sufferers speak a distinctive language consisting 
solely of hyperbole."

"As TDS progresses, the afflicted lose the ability to distinguish fantasy from reality."

The Point here is simple: TDS is, in the eyes of its adherents, the knee-jerk opposition from liberals to anything and everything 
Trump does. If Trump announced he was donating every dollar he's ever made, TDS sufferers would suggest he was up to something 
nefarious, according to the logic of TDS. There's nothing - not. one. thing. - that Trump could do or say that would be received 
positively by TDSers.

The history of Trump Derangement Syndrome actually goes back to the early 2000s - a time when the idea of Trump as president was a 
punch line for late-night comics and nothing more.

Wikipedia traces its roots to "Bush Derangement Syndrome" - a term first coined by the late conservative columnist Charles 
Krauthammer back in 2003. The condition, as Krauthammer defined it, was "the acute onset of paranoia in otherwise normal people in 
reaction to the policies, the presidency - nay - the very existence of George W. Bush."