I can't figure out if people don't recognize sarcasm or if its just that it's typed out and doens't have any voice inflections.
2006-07-12 07:22:01 · 13 answers · asked by smutulator 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
OH i can understand SARCASM.....
i MARRIED sarcasm...
im not sarcastic... im cynical LOL
2006-07-12 07:22:37 · answer #1 · answered by Grin Reeper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe people are just too intelligent for sarcasm...or maybe people are trying to be more sincere...or maybe an alien space ship landed and took all the sarcasm away to a place where it can't hurt anyone anymore. I mean, we are all just so good with our language that if there was any way to write sarcastically, we would find it, now wouldn't we?
Personally, I'm more the ironic, cynical type.
2006-07-12 07:36:01 · answer #2 · answered by anyone 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I wrote the book on sarcasm, but I have to admit, unless you put in lots of hints and special characters, it does not translate well on the computer. Sarcasm works best in person :-))
2006-07-12 07:30:06 · answer #3 · answered by threeboysmamma 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think sarcasm is all to alive and well and its something we could do well without. Does one really want to go through life with a cloud like that on their shoulder?
2006-07-12 07:42:03 · answer #4 · answered by rodneycrater 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'm sure everyone understands sarcasm - especially everyone on Yahoo! Answers!
2006-07-13 10:53:19 · answer #5 · answered by Yogi! 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I definitely do not think sarcasm has been lost. I use it every day....it is my life. I do not think it is easy to understand over the computer.
2006-07-12 07:37:01 · answer #6 · answered by wildliv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can't tell sarcasm though text. That is why we have stuff like
and :-> and :-/
2006-07-12 07:26:07 · answer #7 · answered by mikayla_starstuff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we get that problem in chat rooms all the time. what we now do in our chat room is put *s for sarcasm after our comment. helps alot to keep people from misunderstanding.
2006-07-12 07:26:00 · answer #8 · answered by wanderingwonderer 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sarcasm doesn't translate well on computer screens.
2006-07-12 07:24:45 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
LOL you are talking the queen of sarcasm!!!!
2006-07-12 07:26:41 · answer #10 · answered by laurii2 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋