History Main / LiteralistSnarking

->'''Shooter:''' Oh, You're On. You're in big trouble though, pal, I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!\\

->'''Shooter:''' I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!\\

[[folder:Film]]

-->We tried to integrate a restaurant, and they said, 'We don't serve colored folk here,' and I said, 'Well, I don't eat colored folk nowhere. Bring me some pork chops.'

'''Shooter:''' (''beat'') No.

'''Shooter:''' ''[beat]'' No.

'''Happy:''' You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?\\

* Meta example: The first line in ''VideoGame/{{Hatred}}'' is "My name is not important." Fans decided to run with this choice of wording and [[FanNickname make "Not Important" the protagonist's actual name]].

* Music/{{Eminem}}'s verse in "Bitch Please II" has him respond to his critics over his use of homophobic language:
-->So when you see me dressin' up like a nerd on TV,\\

This is the technique of putting a sarcastic twist on the more plain meaning of something. Though [[LiteralMinded literal-mindedness]] is often associated with [[SarcasmBlind not understanding sarcasm]], in some cases [[DeadpanSnarker snarking]] and literal-mindedness can go hand-in-hand.

'''Shooter:''' ''[beat]'' [[LameComeback No]].

** Glenda has some moments with this in ''Literature/UnseenAcademicals'', like when Nutt tells her "I am alive" (meaning not an {{Undead}}) and she says "A live ''what''?" And when a waiter at the banquet says "Vetinari [[TheSpymaster has ears everywhere]]" she says she only sees two ears.

-->'''Jackson:''' The future will look upon man as we look upon the ichthyosaurus—as an extinct monster.
-->'''Chesterton:''' The "future" won't look upon anything. No eyes.
* On Website/{{Reddit}} such jokes are known as "[[https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/the-old-reddit-switch-a-roo The Ol' Reddit Switcheroo]]", and will often be relied to with a link to the previous iteration of the joke, creating a long chain across the website's history. This started as a way to show how old and tired the joke was.

* ''Anime/MajikoiLoveMeSeriously'': While trying to seduce Yamato in a forest, Kokoro demands that he "show her his manliness". He proceeds to flash her.

'''Shooter:''' ''[beat]'' No.

* From ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'':
'''Miguel''': You fight like my sister!\\
'''Tulio''': I've ''fought'' your sister! That's a compliment!

[[folder:Fan Works]

--> '''Greed:''' I don't wanna hear any regrets.
--> '''Ed:''' Gimme a break! I've already got a million regrets! What's one more?
--> '''[[ThoseTwoGuys Darius and Heinkel]]: '''[[MathematiciansAnswer A million and one.]]

[[folder:Fanfiction]]
* Matt pulls one on Soichiro in the Death Note fic ''As the World Falls Down''
--> '''Soichiro:''' How did you get here?
--> '''Matt:''' Well, you see, when a mommy and daddy love each other very much...

-->'''Shooter:''' I eat pieces of shit like you for breakfast!
-->'''Happy:''' You eat pieces of shit for breakfast?
-->'''Shooter:''' ({{beat}}) No.

>'''Bashir:''' Chief O'Brien. All the time. And I don't pay any attention to him, either.

---> '''Quark:''' The Jem'Hadar don't eat, don't drink, and they don't have sex. And if that wasn't bad enough, the Founders don't eat, don't drink, and they don't have sex either. Which, between you and me, makes my financial future less than promising.
--> '''Ziyal:''' It might not be so bad. For all we know, the Vorta could be gluttonous, alcoholic sex-maniacs.