When i think of the target of sarcasm, I can’t think of a time when they were happier or felt better about themselves after the sarcasm.
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Wow, what a great showerthought
- 2 months
Whitewash is a paint-like covering that was used to make a surface look nicer.
- CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish2 months
I think unfortunately we’ve lost a lot of that older meaning as it’s been crowded out by a more racially charged usage.
- 2 months
I don’t think the intention of sarcasm is to elevate the target. At least, it’s not when I’m using it. It’s more of a way to either poke fun without being directly confrontational or a way to highlight the absurdity of an argument.
I think if the intention is to make someone happy, sarcasm is probably not the best tool.
- 2 months
What is with this plague of people butthurt about a specific thing that happened to them and then wildly over-generalizing in a post about it?
- CombatWombat@feddit.onlineEnglish2 months
The word sardonic used to mean what we now use sarcastic for — verbally ironic. Sarcasm comes from the Greek “to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer” and meant “bitterly cutting or caustic” when it first entered English. For me, although I understand that hypothetically you could have sarcasm that doesn’t have this inherently negative bent to it, the word still retains a fair bit of its original connotation for good reason.
- Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish2 months
I hate that saying.
Impersonations are the lowest form of wit
That, or Micheal McIntyre
- 2 months
Micheal McIntyre is decent. It’s hip to hate him, but he’s good at what he does and The Wheel is entertaining. Sure, I prefer Frankie Boyle & Stewart Lee, but generally McIntyre is alright - and a fuck sight better than the shite that passed for entertainment on Saturday night in the 90s
- Tomtits@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish2 months
I just don’t like his style, the way he looks at the camera after each joke.
I agree with your last point, Roy Chubby Brown, Jim Davidson etc
