"Everyone's so open and friendly" is a lie

[linayar]

“Passive-aggressive behavior is a pattern of indirectly expressing negative feelings instead of openly addressing them. ... For example, a passive-aggressive person might appear to agree — perhaps even enthusiastically — with another person's request.“

I’d say sarcasm fits the bill perfectly with this definition and it’s been done a loooot in this thread. Also keep in mind mods culled a lot of posts for some reason, namely ones that were proving op and others right so…yeah lol

Sarcasm may barely fit the bill, but not perfectly, as you can be sarcastic among friends without having any negative feelings toward them. Sarcasm is simply a means of mocking via irony.

At any case, even if there are people using sarcasm in this thread, does that mean there is nothing to respond to? If the sarcasm still conveys an argument, you can engage with the argument. Or you can look for other posts that are not blatantly sarcastic and engage with those as well.

I also do not think there is a rule saying you can't be sarcastic, so if a post is deleted, it is either because it contains a violation or it is quoting another post that is in violation.