https://www.tumblr.com/lemotmo/776917884548055040/i-choked-on-my-water-q-sarcasm-goes-both
I’m convinced some of these people genuinely do not understand what sarcasm is. Do they think sarcasm just is any snarky comment? Also in what world would a journalist make a mean-spirited snarky comment against any ship?
Sarcasm is verbal irony, it’s literally saying the opposite of what you mean. Yes sarcasm is snarky, but it’s snarky to mock the sentiment they’re saying because they don’t actually believe it. That’s the whole point. If they’re sarcastically saying Buck and Eddie are not at all romantic there’s quite literally no way to read that other than that the person that wrote it does think they’re romantic and is mocking people who think they’re not.
THIS! ☝️☝️☝️
I do feel like the art of using and understanding good sarcasm is slowly disappearing though. Just an observation I made in my daily life. I'm naturally a sarcastic person when it comes to verbal communication and I feel like a lot of people just don't grasp the nuance anymore and take whatever I say for granted, which is not the intention of course.
So I sometimes find myself rethinking opening my mouth and saying something sarcastic, because I'm not sure if people will 'get' it and think that I'm insulting them or something. I never had to think of that 20 or 30 years ago. Most people just 'got' it.
Please note that I'm not talking about neurodivergent people who naturally have a harder time with this. All of my respect there, because I imagine it has to be tough in daily life to be unable to grasp nuance in language.









