Ben Affleck says he does not use sarcasm because it is what?

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In The Accountant, Ben Affleck's character says he does not use sarcasm because "it is [word that sounds like irruficient]".

I've not heard of that word before or as sarcasm being that. I have tried looking for "irruficient" under a number of different spellings and cannot find it.

What is he actually saying?



Best Answer

Dana (Anna Kendrick) asks "Is that sarcasm?" Christian (Ben Affleck) responds "No, that's not sarcasm. I don't use sarcasm. It's irritation."

He means that what Dana took for sarcasm was actually him being irritated, and not sarcastic.

He doesn't use sarcasm because he doesn't 'get' it, due to his having Asperger's or another form of autism.




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