Comment by stronglikedan
4 days ago
yeah it's one of those things that are funny to the people saying it because they don't yet realize it doesn't make sense. I bet they felt that later, in the hotel room, in the shower, probably with a bottle of scotch.
> I bet they felt that later, in the hotel room, in the shower, probably with a bottle of scotch.
Geez, life in my opinion is not so serious. It’s okay to say stupid things and not feel bad about it, as long as you are not trying to hurt anyone.
I bet they felt great and immediately forgot about this bad joke.
Their joke could have also been interpreted as sarcasm and when you’re going to be sarcastic you want to be doubly sure that you’re correct.
But I also concur with you that it is good to bring some levity to “serious” conversations!!
https://whatever.scalzi.com/2010/06/16/the-failure-state-of-...
Required reading for internet comedians.
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Not in front of an executive of an important customer, it isn't. They are remarkably humorless about making money.
earlier in my career it'd be appealing to make jokes like that, or include a comment in an email. eventually you realize that people - especially "older" or those already a few years into their career - mostly don't want to joke around and just want to actually get the thing done you are meeting about.
Yikes. I hope to never need to work with such people