Spend some time on the internet and you should became an expert at both detecting and delivering sarcasm. According to research into the subject, that could benefit your brain.
Bless their hearts. This article from Smithsonian looks at various studies and what they tell us about how we use, misuse, and abuse sarcasm. Link
Actually, scientists are finding that the ability to detect sarcasm really is useful. For the past 20 years, researchers from linguists to psychologists to neurologists have been studying our ability to perceive snarky remarks and gaining new insights into how the mind works. Studies have shown that exposure to sarcasm enhances creative problem solving, for instance. Children understand and use sarcasm by the time they get to kindergarten. An inability to understand sarcasm may be an early warning sign of brain disease.
Sarcasm detection is an essential skill if one is going to function in a modern society dripping with irony. “Our culture in particular is permeated with sarcasm,” says Katherine Rankin, a neuropsychologist at the University of California at San Francisco. “People who don’t understand sarcasm are immediately noticed. They’re not getting it. They’re not socially adept.”
Bless their hearts. This article from Smithsonian looks at various studies and what they tell us about how we use, misuse, and abuse sarcasm. Link
Uh-oh, poor Sheldon.
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What a useful article. :P
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I had a job in a clothing store once and my manager hated me for some reason, then one of the other girls told me that the manager would always comment on how sarcastic I am. I confronted her about this and she totally denied it. After that I always told her how great she looked and how good of a job she was doing :D
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"They don't have sarcasm on Betelgeuse, and Ford Prefect often failed to notice it unless he concentrated. He said, 'Good, is there anywhere we can talk?'"
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This isn't sarcasm...it's a speech impediment. I had it since I was a child.
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