Jerks who turn a statement/comment into a 'show stopper'

Example:

I walked into the office next door and saw the two regular people and the system administrator in there having a chat....

I told them that I had stopped in to see if they were "still alive".

The system administrator turns to me and says, "No, they are dead now......."


I turned for the door and said to him, "Well, they haven't started to smell yet, so I think there is still hope for them...."

I felt bad for saying that, but I thought that the
"dead" comment was far worse.