“She’s so fat even a hippo would look slimmer than her.”
“I thought I was looking at a blackhole!”
“Dodos aren’t extinct. I’m looking at one.”
“Looks like the waiter went off to grow those coffee beans.”
And the quintessential Indian snark – “Arey kahan mar gaya?”(Where did you go off to?) Actually, nothing in the English language comes close to translating the anger, frustration and derision in this Hindi idiom that literally means ‘did you die or what’.
When we, at Candles Online, decided that this week would be dedicated to ‘Pour Out’, meaning thereby that we would get an opportunity to rant on anything that our hearts desired, I jumped at the opportunity of writing about Sarcasm and how we seem to confuse it with wit. Well of course, there is a fair bit of wit involved in making a sarcastic comment – you have to…
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Sarcasm is certainly not something that should be promoted but like many other unwanted human traits it continues to exist and thrive. You have a valid point that it can lead to the disastrous situations too. While we may not be able to eliminate it completely, we surely need to provide psychological and moral support to the victim.
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That is true. And not just provide support to others, we should discourage ourselves from indulging in this form of debasement. Thank you for reading and commenting Arv. You always make valuable contributions to discussions 🙂
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Absolutely, Pradita. 👍
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That’s an amazing perspective and loved the way you explained it with life situations.. Everyone should read this ✌️
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Oh, that made my day. Thanks a lot Pooja 🙂
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It is so great to read something like that! And to try to make a difference. Particularly, when we have data showing that being a jerk pays off.
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Thanks a lot! It does pay off, maybe not immediately, but a sarcastic person never stays a favorite for a long time. Eventually their own sarcasm comes to bite them in the a**.
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