SARCASM - good or bad??

Question

I don't see what's wrong with sarcasm. I use it myself, but I don't deeply offend people. Some people are just irritable and can't take a sarcastic remark.
Do you think sarcasm is a good thing socially, spiritually, behaviorally, etc.??

Answer 1

Often sarcastic myself, I think a little is OK. You have to make fun of ridiculous things every once in a while, or else you'll go mad. But some people do tend to use it as a social crutch, to avoid having to communicate and actually relate to other people. When they feel vulnerable or threatened, they build up a wall of sarcasm to protect them. An ex of mine would resort to making one comment after another when we would argue. Obviously, we never got anywhere.

So even though I use it myself a lot, I agree that when someone overuses sarcasm, it makes them absolutely impossible to talk to.

Answer 2

It definitely depends on who's on the recieving end. I think its is good thing socially as long as it's not used often. Sarcasm can make light of a bad situation but use to an extreme extent can/will become hurtful.

Answer 3

Sarcasm can be funny, but often times offends someone who you didn't intend to tease. Also, when one is sarcastic much of the time, some who aren't familiar with your character might take it seriously, and think you're downright stupid. Or in another case, a show-off...
There are those who aren't familiar with the sarcasm concept.

Answer 4

I Never like sarcasm. It's a form of harassment. some people just need to say something to make them selves look good smart in front of people and they tear people down ive heard mounds and mounds of sarcasm in my life and I hate it. I think there is a means to retaliate to a sarcastic wimp who builds that kinda wall of communication and beat the **** out of that waste of human.

Answer 5

It's a bad thing, very low form of intelligence in that. If you are going to answer anyone or make any comments on someone or to someone it is best you give a soft answer to anger and a helpful comment to the lost or ignorant.
Sarcasm just gets in the way of your hearts goodwill.

Answer 6

Sarcasm is bad. It is a form of verbal abuse. It is violence in a disguised manner. Someone who uses sarcasm alot, has much anger inside. This is my take on it.

Answer 7

It's good when its appropriate and when people are not too sensitive to any kinds of such remarks.

Anyway, a person who is sarcastic all the time is unpleasant and self-centered.

Answer 8

Depends on how they use it.
If they use it to annoy people, then it could be a bad thing.
But if they use it to joke around, then atleast they have a sense of humor.

Answer 9

I think sarcasm is a mechanism in which we try to show our bitterness for somethings we cannot accept in ourselves and in others but we cover it under the veil of humor because we cannot express what we feel(angry or judgemental) straight ahead.Although we think sarcasm shows that a person has a lot of confidence and is cool i believe that sarcasm shows also no acceptance for our weak or ugly sides of ourselves .Its a way to show to others what bothers us but in a hidden way so we dont look bad or not nice.This happens because we cannot tell the other person straight ahead : i hate what you do now or i hate this aspect of your personality.We feel guilty to feel this way about ourselves or someone else(because when we were young someone told us that it is bad to be judgemental or angry) so we try to express these "forbidden " (in some sort) feelings with the helpfull use of humor.Which offers indeed a protection as a way to express them because when the other one gets angry we can tell them "oh it was a joke" or :"oh you dont have any sense of humor at all?I was just kidding".Well, even though we try to hide it under the veil of humor thats exactly what sarcasm is.it is a negative judgement that has anger and maybe some sort of emotional pain under it.It shows that we were judged when we were kids or had very judgemental parents and we grew up listening to others judging each other instead of trying to understand each other.
While what i said before is true,maybe there is another side in sarcasm, as all things have two sides.It is a way to face our human nature,and not take too seriously our ugly sides or bad qualities.As we are all going to die someday,sarcasm helps us see things in a less severe way and helps us accept reality in ourselves and others and stop worrying,enjoy life even with our imperfections.It shows that we are humble.That we are in touch with reality,with the fact we are not perfect.It helps us communicate and get closer with others.
So when sarcasm has also this kind of emotional base under it (and i mean acceptance and a way to show how that even the worst things can have a funny side and it has love and positivity under it and not only anger), it is a way to tell ourselves that we dont have to worry so much.I mean that when we use sarcasm to tease and make the other person laugh also, and have a positive attidute across him then sarcasm is not bad at all.It is humor.It gives some kind of freedom and balance as it is a way to express in non severely harmful way our agression or disapointment for not being perfect.For being human after all.But when sarcasm hides a lot of anger in it or a will to insult the other person,it is bad.By bad i mean hurtfull.Irritating.And there is a very good way to see which sarcasm we use.If the other person gets offended by our sarcasm,even if we do it in a positive way,this means he has some weak sides that he cannot accept in himself or in life and in other people.So if we keep on being sarcastic while the other one shows that he is not comfortable with our jokes or comments it means we are trying to change him and i think we should respect him and leave him alone.This of course doesnt mean that we will stop being sarcastic in general but we should maybe accept that either this person doesnt feel comfortable especially with us for some reason(if he is not fond of us) or this person doesnt feel comfortable in general.So either way we let this person be but we keep our right to say whatever we want and be sarcastic if it doesnt offend anyone
What I mean, is that if sarcasm is a way to express our personal and general beliefs about an issue like :e.g. i believe that being a porn star is disrespectful for myself and i wouldnt do it,we are free to do it.But if we say to a pornstar: i think you are terrible and you disrespecting yourself, using a sarcastic way to express this,then we are getting in the area of someone elses self and i dont think we have the right to do so.I dont know what would be the right thing to do though, if we were asked for our opinion about something that someone does or has and we find bad.Maybe we should say how we feel about the issue but not make judgements about the person?I d like to read your opinions about that issue.Although i think its best not to judge because every judgement lacks undestanding. When we face the truth and understand why someone acts in a certain way or something exists amd works in a certain way,then we dont judge.We just accept it as a reality.There is nothing to judge about it.Its physical law.It is as if saying that we are going to judge the fact that the earth is moving in circles around the sun.Is there anything to judge there?Its just the way it is.
Although i am saying all this I am the first person that is being sarcastic a lot of times.And though i know that i am bothering others with my sarcasm,I keep on pushing and pushing their buttons.I mean that its not right,but i cant stop doing it.it comes naturally inside of me.So maybe sarcasm is ingraded in human nature,part of how our brain works.Its part of feeling free.Of not being robots and only doing whats right to do.Of having also a little devil inside of us apart from that little angel.So i think that maybe we should accept that we are a bit bad also apart from good,and enjoy this too.And accept this for ourselves.And love ourselves.So we can accept and love other people too.The same way we loved watching the coyote catching and eating at last that damn roadrunner, in that episode in the you tube ,called the last episode,that some buddy, who has a lot of sarcasm for sure, has created!!!!!!Cheers!!!

Answer 10

psh. sarcasm?
i hate it.
being sarcastic? you tell me?