You don’t have to be a yes man to entertain an idea and have fun with the thoughts with the people you’re coming to this social gathering for, without saying it’s a good idea. Like, if I said “aw man, let’s feed billionaires to Capybaras, it’ll fix all our problems!” It’s way more fun and engaging to get “dude, totally. What if we like, seasoned em first, maybe boiled em alive like lobsters!” than someone taking your clear joke, and going on about how that’s murder, and Capybaras don’t eat meat. Do they? I dunno.
As for the yes-man thing, I feel like you’re over-fixating on the fact that questioning the idea is negative. It can be fun to consider something that is clearly a joke, semi-seriously, with obvious hints of sarcasm and dry humour involved… I think we just have a different idea of what qualifies as a denial of the idea here. I don’t think anyone denying the idea of Capybaras eating millionaires constructively is taking it seriously.
You don’t have to be a yes man to entertain an idea and have fun with the thoughts with the people you’re coming to this social gathering for, without saying it’s a good idea. Like, if I said “aw man, let’s feed billionaires to Capybaras, it’ll fix all our problems!” It’s way more fun and engaging to get “dude, totally. What if we like, seasoned em first, maybe boiled em alive like lobsters!” than someone taking your clear joke, and going on about how that’s murder, and Capybaras don’t eat meat. Do they? I dunno.
Side note: pretty sure they’re omnivores
As for the yes-man thing, I feel like you’re over-fixating on the fact that questioning the idea is negative. It can be fun to consider something that is clearly a joke, semi-seriously, with obvious hints of sarcasm and dry humour involved… I think we just have a different idea of what qualifies as a denial of the idea here. I don’t think anyone denying the idea of Capybaras eating millionaires constructively is taking it seriously.