Board index › Off Topic Discussion › Random Discussion

Is anyone else bored to death of sarcasm?

Page 1 of 3 [ 39 posts ]  Go to page 1, 2, 3  Next

Previous topic | Next topic

donnie_darko
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 2009
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,981

01 Aug 2011, 9:09 pm

I encounter it everywhere I go on the Internet. I mean maybe back in the 90s, it was funny and edgy, like when Daria first made it popular. But I've really just grown tired of it.

Sarcasm isn't really funny usually, mostly it's just kind of mean spirited and un-clever. I hate how I can't debate anything online without getting mostly sarcastic non-answers. I sometimes feel like sarcasm is a mechanism that allows stupid people to seem/feel intelligent.



dunbots
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Jan 2011
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,721
Location: Washington, USA

01 Aug 2011, 9:12 pm

Yeah, sarcasm was definitely invented in the 90s. :roll:

No, I never tire of it, and it's a valid form of comedy just like any other. :wink:



CockneyRebel
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 17 Jul 2004
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 117,452
Location: In my little Olympic World of peace and love

01 Aug 2011, 9:13 pm

I'm also very tired of sarcasm. I never really did like it. I've always thought of it as something very nasty that people do to those who are different.


_________________
The Family Enigma


donnie_darko
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 2009
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,981

01 Aug 2011, 9:16 pm

dunbots wrote:
Yeah, sarcasm was definitely invented in the 90s. :roll:

No, I never tire of it, and it's a valid form of comedy just like any other. :wink:


It wasn't invented in the 90s of course but it wasn't really mainstream until then, or at least as all-pervasive.



Spazzergasm
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 15 Sep 2009
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Posts: 4,415
Location: Maine

01 Aug 2011, 9:16 pm

I like sarcasm. When it's not hurting anyone. What I can't stand is that ret*d, coarse American-type sarcasm that is so over/misused. I'm not saying Americans can't be good at sarcasm. But I've seen it a lot where they will just say something in a rude tone that brings you down, and call it "sarcasm".
There was this evil harpy of a girl I used to be friends with in high school. She was that kind of user. :x



donnie_darko
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 2009
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,981

01 Aug 2011, 9:18 pm

Spazzergasm wrote:
I like sarcasm. When it's not hurting anyone. What I can't stand is that ret*d, coarse American-type sarcasm that is so over/misused. I'm not saying Americans can't be good at sarcasm. But I've seen it a lot where they will just say something in a rude tone that brings you down, and call it "sarcasm".
There was this evil harpy of a girl I used to be friends with in high school. She was that kind of user. :x


I think it can be funny or used to make a point, but mostly I see sarcasm as a weapon. I will occasionally use it during debates if someone says something that really bothers me, but only if I feel really upset and only to prevent myself from going ad hominem.



SammichEater
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 6 Mar 2011
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,903

01 Aug 2011, 9:20 pm

Yes, I'm really tired of sarcasm. :roll:


_________________
Remember, all atrocities begin in a sensible place.


donnie_darko
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 26 Nov 2009
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,981

01 Aug 2011, 9:27 pm

Does anyone else feel the same way - like it's kind of almost a form of bullying sometimes?



Zen
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 10 Nov 2010
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,868

01 Aug 2011, 9:31 pm

I do find it really annoying when you can't have a conversation with someone without them being condescendingly sarcastic. In those cases, yes, it does seem like it's a substitute for actual intelligence.

In other cases, though, I like it.



Jory
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 2 Jun 2011
Gender: Male
Posts: 17,520
Location: Tornado Alley

01 Aug 2011, 10:31 pm

I hate hipster sarcasm and irony in general. It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not cool, and it doesn't make me think you're smart.



astaut
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 2 Sep 2009
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,777
Location: Southeast US

02 Aug 2011, 12:54 am

I like sarcasm, but I'm a very sarcastic person myself. I try to only show that side of my sense of humor with my good friends, because I know many people interpret it as someone trying to be mean.


_________________
After a time, you may find that having is not so pleasing a thing, after all, as wanting. It is not logical, but it is often true.
--Spock


Obres
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 13 Jul 2007
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,423
Location: NYC

02 Aug 2011, 1:38 am

Jory wrote:
I hate hipster sarcasm and irony in general. It's not funny, it's not clever, it's not cool, and it doesn't make me think you're smart.


Says the man with an ironic avatar...

But I agree. Sarcasm isn't bad but there's a lot of bad sarcasm. And hipster irony is the worst.



MakaylaTheAspie
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Jun 2011
Age: 28
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 14,565
Location: O'er the land of the so-called free and the home of the self-proclaimed brave. (Oregon)

02 Aug 2011, 1:42 am

donnie_darko wrote:
Sarcasm isn't really funny usually, mostly it's just kind of mean spirited and un-clever.


Unnngghh... I HATE it!


_________________
Hi there! Please refer to me as Moss. Unable to change my username to reflect that change. Have a nice day. <3


Acacia
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 12 Dec 2008
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 1,986

02 Aug 2011, 1:59 am

SammichEater wrote:
Yes, I'm really tired of sarcasm. :roll:

Oh, right... that sounded REALLY sincere. :roll: :lol:

And yes, sarcasm is just SOOOOOO boring... ugh...

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:


_________________
Plantae/Magnoliophyta/Magnoliopsida/Fabales/Fabaceae/Mimosoideae/Acacia


MakaylaTheAspie
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 21 Jun 2011
Age: 28
Gender: Non-binary
Posts: 14,565
Location: O'er the land of the so-called free and the home of the self-proclaimed brave. (Oregon)

02 Aug 2011, 2:09 am

Acacia wrote:
SammichEater wrote:
Yes, I'm really tired of sarcasm. :roll:

Oh, right... that sounded REALLY sincere. :roll: :lol:

And yes, sarcasm is just SOOOOOO boring... ugh...

:roll: :roll: :roll: :roll: :roll:


You forgot pointless.


_________________
Hi there! Please refer to me as Moss. Unable to change my username to reflect that change. Have a nice day. <3


Katatonic
Veteran
Veteran

User avatar

Joined: 24 Nov 2008
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Posts: 673
Location: Bowling Green, KY, USA

02 Aug 2011, 6:52 am

I can't make it through the day without being sarcastic. At work I asked someone for some tape and they asked me "what kind do you want?" and I said "The sticky kind". And this is cold but.......one time one of the guys at work passed away in his vehicle out in the parking lot just before he was supposed to come in to work. All I could think of to say was "I guess he really didn't want to come in and work today".

Thats just the way I am *shrugs*


_________________
No.