SARCASM

One of my favorite yet is by Sheldon from the big bang theory soap; “oh no no I’m listening, it just takes me a while to process so much stupid all at once.”  I remember once asking my dad where to keep a live chicken he just bought, I was little then. He looked at me calmly and said “oh, you can put it on my head”  I was confused as hell. According to the urban dictionary, sarcasm is a tongue of which the user speaks of something completely the opposite of what the user means. It often has the best comedic value. Whether it is correct to label it evil or okay is totally your choice, all I’ll do is show the pros and cons.

If you don’t want to be seen as a pessimist, always negative, then you best ditch the sarcastic attitude. People who often use sarcasm are mostly perceived to be funny by people who are not the subject of the statement at that moment but generally thought to be cynics. But on the other hand it is very efficient in drawing attention to stupidity and officiousness, thereby making stupid and officious people and potential to be stupid or officious in the future to be more self-aware. More like making stupid people aware of their stupidity so as not to repeat it again and as a warning to those who may also fall victims to think again.,

Sarcasm is basically mean. The element of humor takes the edge off, but sarcasm is often used to veil truly hurtful criticism. But, you have to admit, it takes some real brain power to put together some sarcastic lines. And the more you do it the better you get at it. In essence, it makes you smarter with speech in a way, errm better still it makes you creative(with words), because sarcasm itself is only as strong as the person who uses it.

Sarcasm most times is a defense mechanism. Indicating a weakness of some sort. It’s also a means to judging others, but is it really necessary to belittle others just to make you feel better? Although you have to agree with me that some of the actions and statements people make do deserve a sarcastic answer. He saw me waiting to board the elevator and asks, “are you going up to your office?” “oh no, I’m waiting for my office to come down and get me.”

Apart from being one of the most hilarious forms of humor, sarcasm can also be used to let of pent up steam, with less barking and hurting, that’s when it is done less often. Sarcastic comments can hide criticisms far too aggressive to be spoken, but if you can’t bring yourself to say it plainly, it only makes you a coward.

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