Dear Internet,

[mbarrick]

• Hating everything is not the same thing as having an opinion, and
• sarcasm is not a substitute for humour.

Comments

[opulence-9.livejournal.com]

too many teenagers think other wise

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

I should find it when I get home, but there is a passage in Plato's Republic about how people under 30 shouldn't be allowed to have philisophical arguments because they latch onto sarcasm and argument for argument's sake like puppies playing with a rope.

[opulence-9.livejournal.com]

kinda of have to agree with that... unfortunately when you get older you are too tired for anything, hmmmm

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

I think there is a relationship between the two. With less energy to expend, one uses it more wisely.

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

amen to that sister...

[sebastian6.livejournal.com]

Are you telling your admiring public that sarcasm can't be funny? Sure, it's humor for people that can't actually be very funny. But Steve Martin's made a career of it.

Not trying to argue with you, just an observation.

[mbarrick.livejournal.com]

Not so much that it can't be funny, just that one should not rely on it exclusively - particularly on a text-based medium where it doesn't come across very well.

[agentdanak.livejournal.com]

indeed.

[seymour-glass.livejournal.com]

maybe you don't find sarcasm funny because you don't get it...ha ha...i couldn't resist...but i know what you mean, i just hate those who use sarcasm exclusively...ha ha...