I'm sure you've run into this person. They're perpetually sarcastic, but rather than being a frowning cynic, they laugh about it. Insults are hidden as jokes. Or maybe jokes are misunderstood as insults.
They don't lie about anything around them, but they are perpetually insincere. A straight answer is impossible to get and even a twisted answer has an unknown number of twists before the truth is found.
I'm reminded of Dr. Horrible, in which Captain Hammer is described as cheesy, prompting a call to "trust your instincts." Then a deeper layer is brought up which is much better. But! "Sometimes there's an even deeper layer which is the same as the outside" Maybe this person is actually nice with a bad outside. Or maybe they're a jerk with a good middle layer of jokes but then the outer layer is a jerk again, so that anyone who digs down finds the second layer and thinks they've found the total complexity.
What does one do with a jerk, or maybe not, like that?
They don't lie about anything around them, but they are perpetually insincere. A straight answer is impossible to get and even a twisted answer has an unknown number of twists before the truth is found.
I'm reminded of Dr. Horrible, in which Captain Hammer is described as cheesy, prompting a call to "trust your instincts." Then a deeper layer is brought up which is much better. But! "Sometimes there's an even deeper layer which is the same as the outside" Maybe this person is actually nice with a bad outside. Or maybe they're a jerk with a good middle layer of jokes but then the outer layer is a jerk again, so that anyone who digs down finds the second layer and thinks they've found the total complexity.
What does one do with a jerk, or maybe not, like that?
3 comments:
My probably too easy answer would be: Don't get too close (emotionally attached) to such convoluted jerks.
All too often, my "Sure" is taken for sarcasm. I do tend to be sarcastic, so there is that.
Maynard suggests playing God, and just shooting them yourself.
I'd be cordial, but distanced. Cool lime cordial.
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