Lies

There's a distinct difference between a lie and the truth unless you're referring to humor. I previously mentioned a laughing fit and headache brought about by playing a game of "loaded questions" with friends, and ultimately the humor found in both heather's and my answers were in the predictably silly responses. Sarcasm interpreted as sincerity and sardonic self referencing idiom jump out and sort of covered our comments that night. There's a problem with that. I enjoy self-deprecating humor but garner more laughs with friends while being unequivocally ruthless towards others. Maybe its a throwback to high-school, where being "alpha" whatever was accomplished through force and heavy handed ostracizing or outright public lambasting of your subject. I rolled with it, and given the subtext inherent to the name I'm known by, became rather skilled at verbal defense and offense. Words ceased hurting a long time ago, at least in the context of locker room banter and high-school style teasing.

Loaded questions does have an underlying psychology to it. Sometimes there's a theme of answers attributed to you that seems to misinterpret your image of yourself. In Heather's case, her theme seemed to be a sort of raucous self deprecation that contrasted itself with her outer demeanor (Sort of like a bunny that eats people). In my case, tongue-in-cheek style humor seemed to rule my answers, with the caveat being that they couldn't be subtle in any way, shape, or form.

The point to all this is that true humor is grey. It's the insult that makes you laugh and the horrifying experience that someone lives through only to know they're happy to be alive. I enjoy time with friends but after a game of loaded questions and evagelizing Dragonforce as an epic band, I have to let them know that it's a joke. Dragonforce is a joke. They are a tongue-in-cheek take on the "epic" power metal band. I like them cause they're fun. I also have to happily note that I still think the funniest answer of the night was "Hubba Blow-Tep."