maybe i should spell it out more often? or apply a disclaimer ot every silly thing i post on here?
:) hope you're all having a lovely saturday! my irish cream was delicious!
2007-12-08 14:52:59 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Gender Studies
irish boy: now thats the spirit! even though i think you're being more bitter than sarcastic...
2007-12-08 14:57:45 · update #1
refugio: i have plenty of friends, thanks, but thanks for trying to psychoanalyze me!
2007-12-08 15:27:19 · update #2
Nah, they get it. They don't like it, but they get it. (Trolls.)
2007-12-08 16:34:34 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 2⤋
Is it safe to assume that you have no enemies, but are intensely disliked by your friends? Although sarcasm has been called the lowest form of humor, it can rise up and bite you back when properly done. If people are not getting your sarcasm, you should leave it to the experts like Oscar Wilde and Mark Twain.
I was only giving you the perfect example of how sarcasm can be lost on some. The quote about enemies and friends is a classic of sarcasm from Oscar Wilde. The fact that you took it as a personal remark shows that sarcasm might be a little over your head too.
2007-12-08 23:24:30 · answer #2 · answered by RE 7 · 1⤊ 3⤋
ALL the time. My sense of humor tends to lean toward irony...in other words, I say things I don't really mean, to make a joke, but I often do it in way that is virtually undetectable (it's just funnier to me, that way) and unless you know me really well, it's hard to know whether I'm being earnest or not. And even then...
2007-12-09 01:22:14 · answer #3 · answered by wendy g 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Bane of my life, but heck I live with it. We tend in The UK to have an ironic sense of humour, often people say our humour is dry. We make each other laugh over here but our humour does not travel that well. I was amazed that Ricky Gervais took off in your country and also Billy Connolly, both very British in their humour. As a child I adored Lucille Ball but my mother did not find her funny. I remember crying with laughter at Phil Silvers, my friends did not.
Humour is individual to all of us. Sorry for rambling g.
2007-12-08 23:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋
OOOOOh I know exactly what you mean!!!!!
Yes, but do recall - sarcasm in it's rightful form does mean to offend intentionally, if underhandedly.
Irony is the usual form, though often mistaken for sarcasm.
2007-12-08 23:31:55 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
I am pretty scarcastic, sometime it is more of dry humor and is often overlooked on here. However most catch it when they can hear the tone of my voice.
2007-12-08 23:08:47 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Sarcasm can sometimes be difficult to convey on a messageboard. I know I've been misunderstood several times.
2007-12-08 22:59:09 · answer #7 · answered by smoofus70 6 · 6⤊ 0⤋
Nah, If you explain everything, it won't be as funny :)
Besides, when it does smack someone in the forehead on occasion, it's more satisfying than if it were always a bullseye.
2007-12-08 22:58:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
The intelligent person upgrades to sardonic-ism.
2007-12-09 00:37:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes I feel that it is lost on ignorant people that are too unintelligent to get the sarcastic remarks. Then I become frustrated and leave. For example, brainwashed military personnel like my brother he is a classic idiot.
2007-12-08 23:33:33 · answer #10 · answered by King Midas 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
At times. I can't make political jokes around my friends because they don't care about politics.
2007-12-08 23:55:55 · answer #11 · answered by Rio Madeira 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋