# North Korea bans sarcasm **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [September 8, 2016, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343 "2016-09-08T17:02:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Jackmannii](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackmannii/32/311_2.png) [@Jackmannii](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jackmannii)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/21 "2016-09-08T20:10:04Z")
Wait, is irony still OK? ---
**Author:** ![Frodo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/frodo/32/302_2.png) [@Frodo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frodo)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/22 "2016-09-08T20:13:10Z")
> [@Jackmannii](#): > > Wait, is irony still OK? Only when it raaiins on your wedding daaaaay ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/23 "2016-09-08T20:58:28Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > There go my vacation plans. NK now has you on a watch list. ---
**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 9:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/24 "2016-09-08T21:22:16Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > NK now has you on a watch list. Huh. Who would want a cheap North Korean watch? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/25 "2016-09-08T22:00:01Z")
Well, at least nobody will have to sashay through the sarcasm. (Wonders if anyone will get the reference. Rolls eyes if nobody does.) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/26 "2016-09-08T22:04:38Z")
Shit, there’s an MST3000 cult on this board! Are you one with Joel? ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 10:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/27 "2016-09-08T22:48:45Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Shit, there’s an MST3000 cult on this board! Are you one with Joel? Oh, reaaallyy, bringing Joel to a Mike episode riff. Soooo gauche. ---
**Author:** ![Musicat](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/musicat/32/20189_2.png) [@Musicat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Musicat)\ **Post date:** [September 8, 2016, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/28 "2016-09-08T23:04:08Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Well, at least nobody will have to sashay through the sarcasm. Is it OK if we tiptoe thru the tulips? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/29 "2016-09-09T00:00:49Z")
> [@Two\_Many\_Cats](#): > > Oh, reaaallyy, bringing Joel to a Mike episode riff. Soooo gauche. Mike is Ozzie and Harriet’s grandson. That’s a true fact, you could look it up. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/30 "2016-09-09T00:09:18Z")
North Korea is [just so lonely](https://youtu.be/ziH9St7ajuw?t=4s). ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/31 "2016-09-09T00:13:20Z")
They did just execute a guy for falling asleep during Un’s speech. It’s like the comic books where Dr. Doom makes looking discontented a crime. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/32 "2016-09-09T00:13:23Z")
I’ve never seen much of that show, but I watched one recently and was surprised just how thorough ones background in '60s commercials needs to be to get half the jokes. Montclair cigarettes? /hijack Lil Kim is funny. Choose your own definition of funny. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Strangelove](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.strangelove/32/6613_2.png) [@Dr.Strangelove](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Strangelove)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/33 "2016-09-09T00:36:55Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > I blame Obama and Hillary. I love how “this is all America’s fault” is an almost perfect NK equivalent to “thanks, Obama.” Stub your toe or spill your drink… “this is all America’s fault.” Makes the North Koreans seem just a tad more relatable. ---
**Author:** ![Two\_Many\_Cats](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/8dc957/32.png) [@Two\_Many\_Cats](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Two_Many_Cats)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/34 "2016-09-09T01:22:24Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > I’ve never seen much of that show, but I watched one recently and was surprised just how thorough ones background in '60s commercials needs to be to get half the jokes. Montclair cigarettes? /hijack > > Lil Kim is funny. Choose your own definition of funny. Like father, like son? Think about it, won’t you? ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/35 "2016-09-09T01:38:39Z")
On the good news side of things, it seems that NK has tested another nuke. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 11:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/36 "2016-09-09T11:31:01Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > On the good news side of things, it seems that NK has tested another nuke. You have _got_ to be kidding. Oh wait… Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 1:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/37 "2016-09-09T13:58:12Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s like the comic books where Dr. Doom makes looking discontented a crime. For NK, that’s not too far from the truth. People got in a shit load of trouble if they did not show enough grief and tears when Jong Un’s father Jong il died ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/38 "2016-09-09T14:03:06Z")
What’s next, banning “fuck you”? ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/39 "2016-09-09T14:07:41Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > It’s like the comic books where Dr. Doom makes looking discontented a crime. Shortly thereafter, “Excessive Smiling and/or Laughter” will be made a crime. ---
**Author:** ![FairyChatMom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fairychatmom/32/21906_2.png) [@FairyChatMom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FairyChatMom)\ **Post date:** [September 9, 2016, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/north-korea-bans-sarcasm/765343/40 "2016-09-09T14:17:31Z")
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