1. You say something.
2. Are you serious? I don't know!
3. I respond with the perfectly serious response.
But really, it didn't matter.
Did it?
2. Are you serious? I don't know!
3. I respond with the perfectly serious response.
3A. If you were serious, I gave the perfectly serious response. My sincerity is always evident, and frequently devastating.4. Now you're like, "is this guy serious?"
3B. If you were joking - I gave the perfectly serious response! My bone-literal straight-man remarks generously provide you the platform, for you to keep going, build the joke with me, until it could actually start to be funny!
But really, it didn't matter.
Did it?
Comments
#2 should probably technically be "care," not "know." But that's the great thing about being completely sincere! Who cares if the other person isn't? That part's on them. You did your part, either way.