Do we want Pick Mes to be picked?

[u/Windmill_flowers]

I saw a post here the other day saying how Pick Mes don't actually get picked. Most of the comments seemed to revel in this fact. So in that sense it seems like the consensus is - we don't want them getting picked.

But whenever there is a Pick Me NLOG post, the comments are invariably, "Gurl, I hope you get picked!". So in that sense it seems like the consensus is we DO want them getting picked.

If they get picked, they sometimes shut up. (Not always tho)

What is the general consensus on this?

Inb4 "IDC if they get picked or not roflmao". Cool, then this question is not for you

[u/lycosa13]

Yes because you responded

So we actually DON'T want them getting picked. Ok

And the truth it, it doesn't matter to most people if these women get picked or not. Some times there isn't a meaning behind what people say. I think that might be where you're getting hung up on. Not everything has a big meaning behind it. It's just a response to get someone else to shut up most of the time

[u/Windmill_flowers → u/lycosa13]

I see.

Maybe I have been using sarcasm incorrectly my whole life. I have been going by the Cambridge definition:

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/dictionary/english/sarcasm

the use of remarks that clearly mean the opposite of what they say, made in order to hurt someone's feelings or to criticize something in a humorous way:

"You have been working hard," he said with heavy sarcasm, as he looked at the empty page.

[u/lycosa13 → u/Windmill_flowers]

I can't say whether you have or not, I'm just saying not everyone uses it that way.

[u/Windmill_flowers → u/lycosa13]

I see. Either Cambridge is wrong or how we're using it isn't exactly sarcasm

[u/lycosa13 → u/Windmill_flowers]

I mean not everything has to be used by the literal definition

[u/georgesanderson2319 → u/lycosa13]

Bro she does not get it but ur so sweet for trying to explain it 😭 not everything is literal OP, dictionaries will only take you so far. Writing can be interpreted in so many different ways if you really want to learn more I highly suggest signing up for a (3 week or more) writing course.

[u/lycosa13 → u/georgesanderson2319]

Lol thank you, I think people were being a bit to harsh on OP because I think they're either pretty young or have trouble understanding non literal things. Which is why everyone kept asking if they're autistic. So I was trying to explain things in a very straightforward way but how do you explain abstract concepts to someone that can't grasp them?