# Give Me An Example Of Sarcasm **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 24, 2012, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033 "2012-12-24T18:24:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Slithy\_Tove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slithy_tove/32/18248_2.png) [@Slithy\_Tove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slithy_Tove)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/21 "2012-12-25T05:29:57Z")
[Buddy Love] Oh look everybody, **Idle Thoughts** moved the thread. That’s really good! Isn’t that a good thing everybody? And he moved it _all by himself_! [/Buddy Love] ---
**Author:** ![China\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/779978/32.png) [@China\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/China_Guy)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 5:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/22 "2012-12-25T05:36:34Z")
Santa would put you all on his “nice” list. ---
**Author:** ![Malacandra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Malacandra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Malacandra)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/23 "2012-12-25T19:31:18Z")
My, what an excellent thread this is fast becoming. ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/24 "2012-12-25T19:37:14Z")
> [@elfkin477](#): > > **Dmark** , since your fingers are broken,[let me google that for you](http://lmgtfy.com/?q=sarcasm). Oh that’s a very sarcastic retort. [sup]I love that there’s a Buddy Love reference. No, really. [/sup] ---
**Author:** ![feppytweed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/feppytweed/32/4280_2.png) [@feppytweed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/feppytweed)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/25 "2012-12-26T00:51:28Z")
I think **Beware of Doug** ’s is one of the best examples in here. Like when people say, “Oh, I’m _so_ excited they scheduled me for the graveyard shift.” That’s sarcasm. ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 1:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/26 "2012-12-26T01:10:24Z")
Sarcasm? On _this_ board? Pfssst. Good luck with that. ---
**Author:** ![ioioio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ioioio/32/316_2.png) [@ioioio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ioioio)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/27 "2012-12-26T19:10:45Z")
It’s like rain on your wedding day. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 7:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/28 "2012-12-26T19:46:54Z")
> [@feppytweed](#): > > I think **Beware of Doug** ’s is one of the best examples in here. Me too. Especially because I’m gonna get a free cup of hot cocoa with schnapps. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 26, 2012, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/29 "2012-12-26T20:22:21Z")
Wow, hot cocoa. That’s a real grown-up high-end classy drink. And this thread is one of the most intelligent, challenging exercises in mental acuity that I’ve ever seen here at The Dope. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 11:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/30 "2012-12-27T11:36:58Z")
Oh, _really?_ ---
**Author:** ![kayaker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kayaker/32/441_2.png) [@kayaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kayaker)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 12:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/31 "2012-12-27T12:02:44Z")
> [@Idle\_Thoughts](#): > > Moving over to MPSIMS Right where it belongs. Aha.:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/32 "2012-12-27T12:06:52Z")
Jeez… I really needed to read THIS thread first thing in the morning. ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 12:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/33 "2012-12-27T12:55:40Z")
Oh, you’d _love_ that, wouldn’t you? ---
**Author:** ![BubbaDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bubbadog/32/333_2.png) [@BubbaDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BubbaDog)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/34 "2012-12-27T14:17:14Z")
I’m sooooo happy I spent my time reading this thread. It was well worth it. ---
**Author:** ![Engineer\_Dude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/9fc29f/32.png) [@Engineer\_Dude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Engineer_Dude)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/35 "2012-12-27T15:20:55Z")
> [@TriPolar](#): > > What a wonderful thread! Ohohoho! Is funny because it’s not a wonderful thread! ---
**Author:** ![Yorikke](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/yorikke/32/4335_2.png) [@Yorikke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Yorikke)\ **Post date:** [December 27, 2012, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/36 "2012-12-27T15:23:47Z")
> [@Engineer\_Dude](#): > > Ohohoho! Is funny because it’s not a wonderful thread! _sigh_ Yeah, thanks, Fuad. ---
**Author:** ![digs](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/digs/32/14889_2.png) [@digs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/digs)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 3:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/37 "2012-12-28T03:17:36Z")
> [@Engineer\_Dude](#): > > Ohohoho! Is funny because it’s not a wonderful thread! So … if _this_ was sarcasm … [head asplodin’ smiley] BTW, I’m willing to share my invention with this thread: _ **The Sarc Tag.** _ I shared it with my best friend Boomer and now we often end a snarky text message with " [/sarc] " ---
**Author:** ![Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/43a26b/32.png) [@Pine\_Fresh\_Scent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pine_Fresh_Scent)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 5:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/38 "2012-12-28T05:04:06Z")
> [@digs](#): > > BTW, I’m willing to share my invention with this thread: _ **The Sarc Tag.** _ That’s so kind of you. [I’m so lonely.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziH9St7ajuw) ---
**Author:** ![alindallas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f17d59/32.png) [@alindallas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/alindallas)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 6:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/39 "2012-12-28T06:03:08Z")
I am impressed by the sheer genius displayed by all the participants in this thread. ---
**Author:** ![drewtwo99](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d07c76/32.png) [@drewtwo99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/drewtwo99)\ **Post date:** [December 28, 2012, 8:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033/40 "2012-12-28T08:32:00Z")
I have no idea what sarcasm even is. Nobody does. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/give-me-an-example-of-sarcasm/645033.md?page=3)