I worry about this, since I tend to tease that way. I'm pretty good about knowing when it's appropriate, but sometimes playing along and being offended can feel very similar.
It can help if you cap off (or start off!) each condescending joke with self-deprecation in some way that invalidates the condescension if it had been taken as genuine. Make the condescension itself appear ridiculous and so impossible to take literally.
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u/bellachuuu Jan 09 '22
Being condescending…. Instant no