Sarcasm is a whitewash way to be mean.

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• DeathByBigSad@sh.itjust.works ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Wow, what a great showerthought

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• Chippys_mittens@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I’m not sure you know what whitewash means

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  • Quilotoa@lemmy.ca ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Whitewash is a paint-like covering that was used to make a surface look nicer.

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    • CombatWombat@feddit.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      I think unfortunately we’ve lost a lot of that older meaning as it’s been crowded out by a more racially charged usage.

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• Assassassin@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I don’t think the intention of sarcasm is to elevate the target. At least, it’s not when I’m using it. It’s more of a way to either poke fun without being directly confrontational or a way to highlight the absurdity of an argument.

  I think if the intention is to make someone happy, sarcasm is probably not the best tool.

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• CombatWombat@feddit.online ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  The word sardonic used to mean what we now use sarcastic for — verbally ironic. Sarcasm comes from the Greek “to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer” and meant “bitterly cutting or caustic” when it first entered English. For me, although I understand that hypothetically you could have sarcasm that doesn’t have this inherently negative bent to it, the word still retains a fair bit of its original connotation for good reason.

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• llamatron@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Well it is the lowest form of wit

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  • blimthepixie@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    I hate that saying.

    Impersonations are the lowest form of wit

    That, or Micheal McIntyre

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    • YeahIgotskills2@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Micheal McIntyre is decent. It’s hip to hate him, but he’s good at what he does and The Wheel is entertaining. Sure, I prefer Frankie Boyle & Stewart Lee, but generally McIntyre is alright - and a fuck sight better than the shite that passed for entertainment on Saturday night in the 90s

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    • Rhynoplaz@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Prop comics gotta be below impressions.

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