Oxymoronic

[boozilla@sh.itjust.works]

The literal-minded still struggling with figurative speech, I see.

[rhoeri@lemmy.world]

“No time for pleasantries” isn’t a pleasantry. It’s just a statement.

[chicken@lemmy.dbzer0.com]

a polite remark, usually made by people when they first meet to show they are friendly

Aside from friendly intent I'd say it's close enough

[rhoeri@lemmy.world]

Yeah. Kinda falls in a grey area of colloquialism. I wouldn’t say it comes off as friendly on its own.

It’s more… neutral? Either way…. Didn’t mean to split hairs.

[shinkantrain@lemmy.ml]

No time for pedantry

[pimento64@sopuli.xyz]

"I'm not going to dignify that with a response." isn't a pleasantry either, it's a more brief form of "Just so we're clear, I'm not distracted and I did hear you, I'm just ignoring you."

[maggoty@lemmy.world]

You haven't been in a situation with no time for pleasantries then. I agree as a polite excuse it qualifies. As a statement of fact you should sit down, shut up, and see what you can do to help.

[lemurian_time_sorcery@lemmy.world]

it's a response though

[m137@lemmy.world]

That's two.

[pimento64@sopuli.xyz]

Use your context clues.

[reginaphalange@lemmy.world]

What do you see?

[nexguy@lemmy.world]

I'm not going to post a reply to this.

[k4mpfie@feddit.org]

It's an open secret in media training that "no comment" as a response to a question is in fact a comment.
Clients are usually advised to just say nothing.

[kolanaki@yiffit.net]

I would be a terrible client for a PR firm. Media would ask me for a comment, and I'd make up some goofy sound effects they could quote.