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[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh I'm busy doing some other aspect of my life. Might possibly be that I'm working, at my job, which by the way was one of your requirements on the dating profile.

Not absolutely everything in my life is about video games.

[–] NickwithaC 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

It's almost as if it's a joke.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Oh, yeah, I forgot that kind of humor where it sounds exactly like a bad take.

[–] NickwithaC 1 points 6 months ago

Here you go:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comedic_device

Looks like a solid example of Misdirection and Understatement combined.

(This comment is also an example of Double Entendre.)