I read lots of posts that are obviously meant as sarcastic and find them very amusing, try to do the same myself yet so many replies from others seem to take them seriously. Only just joined the forum and it's very difficult to have a laugh when people don't seem to understand what is serious and what is not.

Yep. This is the least 'street wise' forum I have ever come across. Also posters can't spot a troll and just believe almost everything they read. Very naive folk on here, who clearly don't venture out into the real world very often. It's very strange.

You are right , I get it but sometimes folk miss it completely. But to be fair being sarky is really a Brit thing.

I think sarcasm should be used on here more often I like to see the ones that don't get it.

Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do.

Geoffrey Hinton

It's just boring bashing throwing around decades old clichés. There is very little genuine sarcasm. 

2 hours ago, Johnny Mac said:

Yep. This is the least 'street wise' forum I have ever come across. Also posters can't spot a troll and just believe almost everything they read. Very naive folk on here, who clearly don't venture out into the real world very often. It's very strange.

All the while, this same collective engages in a predisposed delusion of superior knowledge regarding most everything. 

Quite the fanciful contradiction. 

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do.

Geoffrey Hinton

We started a war over "sarcasm without representation"

15 minutes ago, timendres said:

We started a war over "sarcasm without representation"

.and then followed it up with "Sweet land of liberty.." which shows that they grasp the concept of irony as well.

Then there are other posters whose sense of humour doesn't extend beyond the pie in the face.

 

Not to mention the pc narcissists.

 

Then there are one or two posters who leave confused smileys after almost every post.

 

I suppose its why the ignore button is there.

 

Maybe this is why many foreigners steer clear of other foreigners in real life.

 

Apprehensive about meeting any of the above.

3 hours ago, VocalNeal said:

Computers will understand sarcasm before Americans do.

Geoffrey Hinton

We do, much like Prince Andrew, understand irony however.

 

How dare you accuse me of not understanding sarcasm ????

2 hours ago, Denim said:

 

 

Maybe this is why many foreigners steer clear of other foreigners in real life.

 

 

I've kept this practice in order for quite some time, very comfortably.

Works for me.

I had the same trouble detecting sarcasm when i used to "puff the magic dragon" a little to much.

 

I'd read a passage over and over, wondering what everyone was laughing at,

alas in the morning it all became so obvious.

Sarcasm is an art and not accessible to everyone whichever end one is on.

Add to this that readers tend to read in their own way and not in the way one has thought/written their sarcasm and you got the result: Confusion

Maybe a : ) or other emoticon of the kind ( if the latter is one ) would help

As the lowest form of verbal irony, sarcasm is generally, and on this forum specifically, poorly employed. Most posters who wish to mock or insult  would do well to just say it outright as their attempts at sarcasm usually fall flat. If you want to "have a laugh" you may have to try harder ????

 

Let's try subliminal euphemistic and metaphoric twists and see how that works.

From what I've seen, some people make an insulting post without thinking about the consequences - then try to pass it off as sarcasm when they get called out for being a pillock.

Some folk are just "primed" to get their cage rattled or buttons pressed that they miss the obvious, intended sarcastic content.

7 hours ago, Boarn said:

others seem to take them seriously

I’ve learned that it’s always best to leave a sarcasm alert message when employing sarcasm. 

 “Marry me and I’ll never look at another horse!” Groucho Marx

 

“Love is a fire. But whether it is going to warm your hearth or burn down your house, you can never tell.” Joan Crawford

 

https://parade.com/1079501/stephanieosmanski/sarcastic-quotes/

I agree that many on this forum (and others) do not understand sarcasm.  It seems that unless you're a Brit, people think you are being serious.

 

To avoid this, I am forced to use [sarcasm]  [/sarcasm] tags.......

10 hours ago, mancub said:

Some folk are just "primed" to get their cage rattled or buttons pressed that they miss the obvious, intended sarcastic content.

Indeed. In these strange times many people seem to

a/ have lost their sense of humour ( assuming they had one in the first place ).

b/ have become intolerant of any that don't toe "their" line

c/ look for something/ anything to be offended by.

10 hours ago, Victornoir said:

Forget about sarcasm, irony and derision. They are the prerogative of losers seeking revenge.

Prefer true humor, funny and unexpected, which shows a friendly spirit and gives real value to the relationship.

Nah. IMO humour is too often offensive to someone that wants to be offended. I'd rather just be sarcastic as that sort usually don't get it.

18 hours ago, Boarn said:

Only just joined the forum and it's very difficult to have a laugh when people don't seem to understand what is serious and what is not.

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When people have a pathetic, unhappy life, they cannot see the dry humor or sarcasm as they are just itching for confrontation.....

 

Psych 101.

11 hours ago, Bluespunk said:

I’ve learned that it’s always best to leave a sarcasm alert message when employing sarcasm. 

Yes...but that takes all the fun out of it. 

Keep the obsessive types guessing.

Sarcasm is a form of communication art that need to be mastered before applied, sarcasm is a tool to say what you want to say without offending anyone and still deliver your message... 

I can not differentiate between ill-informed stupid comments and sarcastic comments .

  Are the continuous "Brown envelope" comments sarcasm or do people think they are being insightful and knowledgeable ?

12 hours ago, zzaa09 said:

Let's try subliminal euphemistic and metaphoric twists and see how that works.

That will all end in chiropractors

 

Snowflakes and those who are 'woke' are itching to meet their daily quota of using phrases like, "Deeply, Deeply Disturbing", and "I feel threatened by your micro-aggressions". Sarcasm opens the door, and they never pass up an opportunity. Then they run and hug their emotional-support animal and have a good cry. Their day wouldn't be complete without it.

1 hour ago, ColeBOzbourne said:

Snowflakes and those who are 'woke' are itching to meet their daily quota of using phrases like, "Deeply, Deeply Disturbing", and "I feel threatened by your micro-aggressions". Sarcasm opens the door, and they never pass up an opportunity. Then they run and hug their emotional-support animal and have a good cry. Their day wouldn't be complete without it.

Really, because my experience is that it is those who are on the right of the right of centre who are easily offended by sarcasm and don’t understand it.
 

It is because of such individuals that I now add a sarcasm alert into my posts because they are just itching to be offended.

 

Though given the nature of this thread you could just be being sarcastic in the above…

 

'Oh what a tangled web we weave/When first we practice to deceive'

 

Scott