# Sarcastic people are smarter? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 7, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070 "2015-04-07T20:52:27Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/1 "2015-04-07T20:52:27Z")
[Link here.](http://elitedaily.com/life/culture/sarcastic-people-proven-smarter/792826/?utm_source=huffingtonpost.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=pubexchange_facebook) Oh sure. When you do it, it’s “being smart.” When I do it, it’s a “bad attitude.” ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 8:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/2 "2015-04-07T20:59:54Z")
Cool OP, bro. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/3 "2015-04-07T21:23:28Z")
Sarcastic people are just lying. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/4 "2015-04-07T21:37:30Z")
You think? ---
**Author:** ![Skammer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skammer/32/143_2.png) [@Skammer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skammer)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/5 "2015-04-07T21:42:40Z")
Suuuuure they are. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/6 "2015-04-07T21:57:07Z")
Well, DUH!:rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![teela\_brown](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d9b06d/32.png) [@teela\_brown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/teela_brown)\ **Post date:** [April 7, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/7 "2015-04-07T23:07:34Z")
Sarcasm? ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/8 "2015-04-08T01:23:00Z")
What does “sarcasm” mean? ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 1:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/9 "2015-04-08T01:50:55Z")
[I always knew I was kinda slow.](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=706105). ---
**Author:** ![Ambivalid](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a5b964/32.png) [@Ambivalid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambivalid)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/10 "2015-04-08T02:01:00Z")
One thing I’ve learned from online dating is that _every damn single woman in the U.S._ is “sarcastic”. Or at least that’s how they describe themselves. I’m beginning to think that some of these people don’t really even know what sarcasm _is_. ---
**Author:** ![SeaDragonTattoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/df705f/32.png) [@SeaDragonTattoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeaDragonTattoo)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/11 "2015-04-08T02:33:43Z")
> [@kunilou](#): > > Oh sure. When you do it, it’s “being smart.” When I do it, it’s a “bad attitude.” Because when I do it, it’s funny. ---
**Author:** ![XT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xt/32/456_2.png) [@XT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/XT)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/12 "2015-04-08T02:41:16Z")
> [@](#): > > Sarcastic people are smarter? Is water wet? Does the pope shit in the woods? Of COURSE sarcastic people are smarter. That’s why I never use sarcasm, myself. ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Nylock](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Mr.Nylock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Nylock)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/13 "2015-04-08T02:52:48Z")
Smart people are so stupid. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 3:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/14 "2015-04-08T03:28:19Z")
And here I’ve been trying to bite my sarcastic tongue off because nobody at the office appreciates it. Well, my family does but we’re all peas in an overstuffed pod. I might just print out that article and post it outside my cube wall. Then I can point to it every time my mouth takes control before my manners do. ---
**Author:** ![RivkahChaya](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rivkahchaya/32/8919_2.png) [@RivkahChaya](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RivkahChaya)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 3:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/15 "2015-04-08T03:32:20Z")
Don’t anybody tell Sheldon Cooper. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/16 "2015-04-08T14:12:26Z")
I thought non-sarcastic people were dumber. ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/17 "2015-04-08T14:43:10Z")
I was going to come in here and make some sarcastic comment, but then I thought that wouldn’t be too smart. ---
**Author:** ![Lanzy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/74df32/32.png) [@Lanzy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lanzy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2015, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/18 "2015-04-08T15:13:00Z")
Of course we are. ---
**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:** [April 9, 2015, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/19 "2015-04-09T12:59:14Z")
We’d be sarcastic if we thought you’d get it. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [April 9, 2015, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070/20 "2015-04-09T16:41:43Z")
If you’re sarcastic, someone will call you a **smart** -ass. This is no coincidence. You’re an ass because you’re being sarcastic. But you’re being sarcastic because you’re smart. Q.E.D. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/sarcastic-people-are-smarter/717070.md?page=2)