The role of the fool or the jester in shakespeare and a lot of older literature. In royal courts, the gester could always say the thing that everyone's thinking, but no one will say aloud. When we're teasing, we often assume ent voice. We use a sing song voice to signal that this is not literally what i mean. Andrew said that when you're on a video call, it's really hard to ease at all,. It's all these non verbal cues that make it clear that you're being playful.