The entire social experiment we commonly call #Twitter demonstrated very clearly to me that sarcasm is a hugely overrated way to dialogue.
Especially in a text-based medium void of other non-verbal cues, it misfired so spectacularly, and with such regularity (and still does), that its impulse should be generally resisted. Further, the failure was most often blamed on the reader and not the writer, only serving to widen the chasm.
Sincerity is a far likelier path to a meeting of the minds.
@sumpnlikefaith additionally, not everyone is smart enough to grasp sarcasm.
@MookyTroubadour Is this sarcasm? :-)
"Getting" sarcasm is not a measure of intelligence.
A generous writer owns a much greater share of the responsibility of communicating than they impose on their receivers.
@MookyTroubadour Phew, apparently there is a whole lot in pop culture about this! So it boils down to how we're defining intelligence.
Many extremely intelligent people (eg researchers & programmers) are literalists. For example, autism doesn't limit a person's intelligence, but it can be difficult for an autistic person to navigate sarcasm well.
Therefore sarcasm can create an accessibility barrier. This barrier is drastically widened by assuming an implicit connection to intelligence.
@sumpnlikefaith Many studies assert just the opposite- that “getting” sarcasm is in fact a measure of intelligence.
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211110-your-teens-being-sarcastic-its-a-sign-of-intelligence
https://www.yourtango.com/2015272644/sarcastic-people-are-smarter-says-science
I have no stake in the matter- I merely mean to say I didn’t pull it outta my ass.