Title: What is sarcasm? - Quora
Headings: What is sarcasm?
What is sarcasm?
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Content: Sarcasm is an exercise in self-superiority that is usually meant to exclude someone from the conversation. It is almost always useless without someone else trying to create. You can't tell a sarcastic joke; someone else needs to say something with seriousness, and you need to attempt to discredit it with sarcasm. Sarcasm is often used as an attempt to end an argument without seriously addressing an issue - and is therefore a sign of close-mindedness. Rather than consider an argument on it's merits, a sarcastic response says "I am too good for this". Ironically, many people who consider themselves "open minded" use sarcasm with regularity to dismiss ideas which don't fit their worldview. Often, sarcastic people are under the mistaken impression that others believe their dismissive attitude is a sign of intelligence simply because they are too polite to tell them how much of a negative ass they are. These people generally try very hard to seem intelligent on the outside - they might even wear large-framed glasses that they don't need. Highly sarcastic individuals, in my opinion, are not desirable to be around.