Title: Is sarcasm ''the lowest form of wit''? If so, why? - Quora
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Content: Go on any dating site like Match or OK Cupid, and the most common description people use about themselves is something along the lines of, "I speak fluent sarcasm!". My pet theory is that people grew up on sitcoms full of eye-rolling retorts and thus think it's edgy and cool. They’re proud of their sarcasm because they conflate it with having a sense of humor. Irony is fascinating and a well-timed sardonic jab can be hilarious, but priding oneself on being sarcastic in daily
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Badri Chaithu
Answered 5 years ago · Author has 129 answers and 380.5K answer views
Why do some people think of sarcasm as the highest form of intelligence when actually it is a trait of negative personality? Some People think that sarcastic people are intelligent bcoz of the reason that they can understand that sarcasm. Sarcasm is a trait of negative personality ...! No I don't think so...
I think that being sarcastic is sometyms good to be healthier.