(July 12, 2010 at 2:12 pm)Tiberius Wrote: I.e, her complete lack of an ability to comprehend a blatant taunt and separate it from "reality".
To be fair, the medium of text communication as we use it is, by its nature, devoid of emotional and facial context. So a statement made in seriousness or jest can be misinterpreted.
Often it is on the fault of the viewer for a lack of subtlety, but it occurs quite frequently as the fault of the writer for not judging their audience accurately as well.