Comments on: Sarcasm for Grown-Ups http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/ Living the dance, dancing the life. Wed, 22 Oct 2008 21:52:06 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Jared Goralnick http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-9288 Jared Goralnick Fri, 04 Jul 2008 16:26:02 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-9288 I hear you--sarcasm definitely has stronger roots in certain places...but I don't think it's all about negativity. It's just a form of communication that can be enjoyed or shared. It's like Woody Allen movies--they're not for everybody. The challenge is deciding when and with whom it's appropriate. I'll try not to be too sarcastic around you from now on! I hear you–sarcasm definitely has stronger roots in certain places…but I don’t think it’s all about negativity. It’s just a form of communication that can be enjoyed or shared. It’s like Woody Allen movies–they’re not for everybody.

The challenge is deciding when and with whom it’s appropriate. I’ll try not to be too sarcastic around you from now on!

]]> By: Gabriel http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-9234 Gabriel Tue, 01 Jul 2008 04:18:41 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-9234 Growing up out west, sarcasm - or at least what I now know to be sarcasm - was something I rarely encountered until having friends and a room-mate from the East Coast in college. At first I reveled in this new found form of expression. But, after many years and a few travels within and outside of the Coasts, I find that sarcasm is usually a way to cause or express pain, discomfort, displeasure, embarrassment, disdain, or humiliation. I am not sure why, but it seems the ability to use sarcasm to express humor instead of a negative experience is now a lost art. Unfortunately, I think this may be tied with an overall loss in our ability to take ourselves a little less seriously because an ability to laugh at oneself seems to be a crucial element to sarcasm as humor. I also believe it is tied to the gradual decline in literacy in the US. But, those thoughts are better left for another blog. Growing up out west, sarcasm – or at least what I now know to be sarcasm – was something I rarely encountered until having friends and a room-mate from the East Coast in college. At first I reveled in this new found form of expression. But, after many years and a few travels within and outside of the Coasts, I find that sarcasm is usually a way to cause or express pain, discomfort, displeasure, embarrassment, disdain, or humiliation. I am not sure why, but it seems the ability to use sarcasm to express humor instead of a negative experience is now a lost art. Unfortunately, I think this may be tied with an overall loss in our ability to take ourselves a little less seriously because an ability to laugh at oneself seems to be a crucial element to sarcasm as humor. I also believe it is tied to the gradual decline in literacy in the US. But, those thoughts are better left for another blog.

]]> By: Jared Goralnick http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-4681 Jared Goralnick Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:35:42 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-4681 aww, thanks (blush) aww, thanks (blush)

]]> By: Kimi http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-4680 Kimi Mon, 17 Dec 2007 16:29:19 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-4680 On the contrary, I don't think it's a bad sign, but a good one. Your precociousness may show a.) an upbringing in a family that might over-use sarcasm (a situation I might share) and b.) your ability to understand and articulate he finer points of human interaction to a level that beyond that of your peers. And that's a trait that has endured. On the contrary, I don’t think it’s a bad sign, but a good one. Your precociousness may show a.) an upbringing in a family that might over-use sarcasm (a situation I might share) and b.) your ability to understand and articulate he finer points of human interaction to a level that beyond that of your peers. And that’s a trait that has endured.

]]> By: Jared Goralnick http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-4665 Jared Goralnick Mon, 17 Dec 2007 04:45:13 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-4665 You're right--the fact that I could define sarcasm in 2nd grade was probably not a good sign. Shall we call that a "point in case" ;-) You’re right–the fact that I could define sarcasm in 2nd grade was probably not a good sign.

Shall we call that a “point in case” ;-)

]]> By: Kimi http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/comment-page-1/#comment-4573 Kimi Fri, 14 Dec 2007 01:18:36 +0000 http://www.dancingwithwords.com/2007/11/27/sarcasm-for-grown-ups/#comment-4573 A good thought from a guy who, I seem to remember, offered a particularly cogent definition of sarcasm in grammar school. Oh, wait, this isn't the posting I'm supposed to be commenting on... A good thought from a guy who, I seem to remember, offered a particularly cogent definition of sarcasm in grammar school. Oh, wait, this isn’t the posting I’m supposed to be commenting on…

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