Whoever Said ‘Sarcasm Is The Lowest Form Of Wit’ Wasn’t Witty

If you repeat something, or come back using a weird voice, then you lose. But proper sarcasm is high tier, elitist humour.

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Psychology tells us that sarcasm is a sign of a healthy brain. Satire is one of the most popular styles of professional comedy. So what jumped up, dreary old bore of bores infected our brains with such a nonsensical phrase?

I don’t care, is the answer. Let’s give the author no more attention.

Instead let’s indulge in the beauty of sarcasm, the art, the execution, the performance. First example, you can replace negativity with positivity using satire. If you’re arguing with an idiot, you may feign agreement while paraphrasing him to sound like a much clearer idiot. Use this tactic to impress your friends and get those much needed laughs, oh so needed.

Sarcasm isn’t just comedy, it’s a debate trap. Lull and lure your foes into a false sense of security, nod and ‘mmm’ in agreement throughout, and then swoosh that trapdoor opens and you rupture their defences from the inside. At this point I should add that I’m being mostly metaphorical.

Sarcasm is a cop out for morons, which is annoying for the civilised person, but a fantastic tool for the cowards. You may counter every well-formulated, meticulously devised argument with an immediate sarcastic response to a hyperthetical, hyperbolic statement that was never made by them. Example: “I like my food quite spicy". Response: “Oh I suppose we should all just burn off our taste buds then?". You see how such a genius argument was dismantled so effortlessly? Can you really criticise an effective weapon, regardless of which side it’s on? Maybe we should just hoard the good tactics for ourselves, huh?

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, there are many ways you can use sarcasm, and you can bet the people that hate it are just too afraid to use it. Or maybe they’re just far too clever for us…