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Nothing is "wrong" with it per say-I have social anxiety disorder and a Learning disability and I don't always catch it and I can take things personally being the sensitive creature I am
Well...here's the definition from an online dictionary. Does it sound like a GOOD thing to you?
Sarcasm is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing. It is strongly associated with irony, with some definitions classifying it as a type of verbal irony intended to insult or wound.
BTW, I'm from NYC and I would suggest you avoid the entire northeast. Ever see the movie "Roxanne" with Steve Allen and Darryl Hannah? There's a scene where Hannah's character is sarcastic and Allen says "Oh. Sarcasm. Yea, we don't get that here." Well, the "here" is Colorado and yea, they really don't. They're refreshingly 95% sarcasm free!
What's this? You hate sarcasm and innuendo? I've never heard of such a thing. And, by the way, you should come to New York City. (LOL, somewhat uncontrollably)
He probably doesn't get humor either
"A horse enters a bar? But horses are not allowed in bars.... Why did the bar tender ask the horse about his long face? Horses can't talk back...All this is very strange, I'm confused"
most definitely the southern US.....people can be so literal and lack sophistication....being a bit of a smartass myself, it's always been hard for me to befriend the natives. an example: it's been overcast and rainy for a solid week here..so i'm chillin with this girlfriend..at the time, it was really dead downtown...so i say yea, i don't get why it's been so dead..i mean the weather has been so nice lately, in my usual deadpan tone. she says yea i don't get it either, in a kind of serious polite tone..that just made me cringe and go ugh, wtf am i interacting with such thickheaded, serious, boring people?. So today i did some research and found this interesting little clip from a recent study on sarcasm done by the University of Memphis.....
Quote:
Journal of Language and Social Psychology, Vol. 27, No. 1, 71-85 (2008)
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X07309512
Regional Variation in the Use of Sarcasm
Megan L. Dress
The University of Memphis, Tennessee
College students in New York and Tennessee participated in tasks designed to measure their use of sarcasm. They also provided definitions for the terms irony and sarcasm and completed part of a Sarcasm Self-Report Scale. Northern participants generated more sarcastic completions and chose more direct ironic statements than their Southern counterparts did. Regional differences accounted for a unique amount of variance when other demographic factors were controlled for. Northern and male participants self-reported using sarcasm more than Southern and female participants, respectively. Northern participants defined sarcasm as involving more humor than Southern participants. Correlations of the participants' use of sarcasm and the self-report measure revealed a moderate degree of metapragmatic awareness. This study is the first to demonstrate regional differences in the use of sarcasm, and possible reasons for these differences are discussed.
also, an excerpt from the Wikipedia article on sarcasm that i thought was quite insightful:
Quote:
Hostile, critical comments may be expressed in an ironic way such as saying "don't work too hard" to a lazy worker. The use of irony introduces an element of humour which may make the criticism seem more polite and less aggressive but understanding the subtlety of this usage requires second-order interpretation of the speaker's intentions. This sophisticated understanding is lacking in people with brain damage, dementia and autism[3], and this perception has been located by MRI in the right parahippocampal gyrus.[4] [5]
most definitely the southern US.....people can be so literal and lack sophistication....being a bit of a smartass myself, it's always been hard for me to befriend the natives. an example: it's been overcast and rainy for a solid week here..so i'm chillin with this girlfriend..at the time, it was really dead downtown...so i say yea, i don't get why it's been so dead..i mean the weather has been so nice lately, in my usual deadpan tone. she says yea i don't get it either, in a kind of serious polite tone..that just made me cringe and go ugh, wtf am i interacting with such thickheaded, serious, boring people?. So today i did some research and found this interesting little clip from a recent study on sarcasm done by the University of Memphis.....
I don't know, I've only lived in 4 different areas and have found that anyone can be sarcastic, doesn't matter where they are from, that's just their personality. I haven't seen more or less in Ca, to Missouri, to Georgia to Virginia...personally, I like a sarcastic sense of humor, most times,lol
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Sarcasm Bites
So today i did some research and found this interesting little clip from a recent study on sarcasm done by the University of Memphis..... 