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50 Hilariously-Relatable Memes Shared On The ‘Sarcasm Only’ Instagram Account
Sarcasm is a gift that keeps on giving. Although not everyone is a fan of it. And I get it. Misunderstandings are common in sarcastic jokes, and if a person doesn’t figure out their tone when saying literally the opposite of what they mean, they may be the only one laughing.
Luckily, the internet is fueled by memes, the badass cousins of an IRL sarcastic joke, where references are subtle, puns are over the top, the relatable situations in question are many times worse, and the tagline doesn’t match the image. But it’s a quintessential form of online social interaction, and the virtual world would be a much blanker place without ‘em.
The Instagram page that has a whopping, pull your seat closer, 9.6 million followers, called Sarcastic_us combines them both: sarcasm and memes in hilariously relatable posts. From its sheer popularity, we can conclude this is exactly what people are looking for in social media entertainment, so I just leave the stage to it right here.
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Let’s face the obvious: not everyone gets sarcasm, which is a quintessential part of any joke whether posted online or told face-to-face at a dinner table. In fact, it is so prevalent that not understanding it makes you stand out. In fact, a lack of sarcasm is often one of the most common characteristics of struggling with an autism diagnosis along with things such as social and communication issues, difficulties reading body language, using different tones in their voices, and many more.
Francis Merson, clinical psychologist and founder of the Paris Psychology Centre, told Bored Panda that while definitions vary, sarcasm is generally understood as making statements whose surface meaning expresses the opposite of the intended meaning, often with humorous or mocking intent. "Sarcasm is an important social skill, which can be deployed for good or evil. It can be used to make fun of someone, like when you say 'nice hairdo' to someone who has just stepped off a rollercoaster," he said.
Moreover, the clinical psychologist argues that it can also promote social bonds by making light of shared experiences, "such as leaving an unpleasant death metal concert and remarking to a friend, 'Well, wasn't that lovely!'"
Interestingly, sarcasm appears to exist in some form or other in all human cultures – from Europe to the Amazon, Merson told us. "There might be variation in how sarcasm is signaled, or whether it's socially acceptable, but otherwise it seems to be a natural part of human communication."Not understanding sarcasm can often be diagnostic of a neurodevelopmental disorder, such as autism, Merson explained.
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"Indeed, the social skills training for high-functioning people on the autism spectrum usually involves learning to recognize and respond to sarcasm." Moreover, "The loss of ability to understand sarcasm can also be a sign of certain forms of dementia. So if your grandpa suddenly starts taking all your jokes literally, it could be worth getting this checked out," the clinical psychologist warned.
Incredibly, studies have also found that people who are sarcastic tend to be more intelligent and creative. Merson said that "this also makes sense theoretically, as sarcasm relies on means being able to express and understand subtle shades of tone and layers of meaning. There's a reason why Oscar Wilde said that 'Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence.'"
The clinical psychologist concluded that "it's a very easy kind of humor to use, but you need a certain amount of brainpower to use it in the first place."
Thats when Eskom can actually keep the electricity on, mostly its just a blacked out sign
It's the difference in year made, ofc the first one still runs! Even my 1998 truck outlasted my 2014 car. Truck is at 298k miles, car crapped out at 120k
It's no secret that sarcasm plays a quintessential joke in telling and understanding jokes. So to find out more about it, we also spoke with Paige Davis, the Senior Lecturer at York St John University who specializes in Developmental Psychopathology and Developmental Psychology. “The thing is, even babies pick up on social cues,” Davis said. “If you've ever seen a baby start to join in laughing when everyone is laughing you will know this, so even if they may not understand the meaning of a joke, they will understand that the atmosphere in the room has changed and everyone is laughing.”
Therefore, a sense of humor will develop along with social understanding, the professor argues. “This is when we learn we are social beings in a world of other social agents. Non-verbal humor is usually developed first, so an example of this is when my youngest son had been walking for a bit (15m). If he ran into something, my partner would pretend to run into it as well and pretend to get hurt and he would begin to laugh. He had begun to understand a few things in this interaction. 1) Daddy was mimicking him, 2) Daddy wasn't really hurt, he was pretending. He knew this because of some cues e.g. Daddy was smiling.”
The pineapple has turned its attention to Magneto. It must be full of iron-y.
Davis explained that pretend play evolves around 18 months, “so this is the beginning of being able to pretend things are different from reality. Linguistic jokes take a lot longer to understand.” The professor argues that the first thing it takes to get a joke is the ability to understand language. But this alone, though, is not enough. “For a joke to be funny, the person who is listening needs some higher-level cognitive skills, so to be able to think flexibly, understand that there are double meanings for things, and in many cases, the person needs an understanding of how their social world works.”
“A study just published this month looked at practical jokes and found that there was a relationship between age, false belief understanding (the ability to understand someone can hold a belief that is false while another person knows the truth), inhibitory control (so being able to control your actions or inhibit thoughts or actions that you would want to do), and language ability relate to the ability to understand and engage in practical jokes (Wang & Wang, 2021).” Moreover, siblings also make a child more likely to get a joke, Davis added. “It takes a lot of cognitive skills to be able to get a joke,” she stated.
I couldn't walk nor talk, and all I did was scream and s**t myself.
When asked if jokes could tell us something about our personalities, Davis said that this goes back to the old born with it or blank slate argument. “So are we born with this personality that develops and therefore we are geared toward certain types of jokes? What I would argue is that life experience and social interaction will intimately shape how we respond to jokes and what jokes we like later,” the professor said.
“I'm a Vygotskian and what Vygotsky theorized was that when we learn words we associate other words and feelings with the word we are learning, so this would mean that certain jokes would be more funny to a person because they would be associated with that person's experiences,” Davis explained. “So words or scenarios that are more familiar or meaningful to a person will resonate more with them. It might not tell us about personalities, but it certainly tells us about experiences,” she concluded
Did you enter the correct question into the calculator? Did you check the result of the calculator against 10 more, in case this one is faulty?
I like my world slightly out of focus . . . makes it easier to ignore people.
Husband was never seen again. Wife's rose garden is winning awards.
Just found out I may have cancer...can't get a CT Scan cuz the State of Californias health care system was Ransome-wared...Millions of folks affected: No tests, No meds. No imaging. They're "working on it" and have been for the last THREE Weeks...I've had a long, good life...all I can think about is someone's child who needs care NOW...🥺...or Anyone needing insulin etc...to survive. 🤯
*Me after blinking once in math class [I completely agree with the comments down here]
Nope. It’s just the morons who make headlines…
Load More Replies...American super hero movies made by Americans tend to have a very America centric audience. Who'd've ever thunk? Watch some international films or documentaries, not DC or Marvel movies if you want to see the world. In all honesty who's watching a superhero movie looking to expand their geographical knowledge?
This is very funny considering the Avengers leave the US literally all of the time
And yet they never really considered those other countries and their laws, did they? I think i recall a massive problem from that.... 🤔
Load More Replies...A map of on New York rather than the US as whole would have made more sense.
So what ?? How about moaning about all the Bollywood films only being set in India etc....
No, I think it's like the super heroes in Avengers act like they're saving the world and forgetting America isn't the only country in the world. These people save the planet and yet the whole thing is only set in the US. I've never watched it so I might be wrong.
Load More Replies...Civil War was literally about them blowing up a building in a separate part of the world. And then there's Budapest.
Yes. And did not half of their group see it as the right thing, as a 'ends justify means' kind of thing? Did it not create discontent when a world (!) organization asked them to be placed under some kind of guidelines? To be honest, i found that storyline super interesting because both sides had good points - but in the end, they didn't havr the balls to return to it and instead just pretended everythinf can be forgotten and wait - did the same old s**t again!!! Just decided to undo the deaths of millions, have them return without thinking about consequences and just deciding for themselves and their own benefits. As a non american, i found it frustrating.
Load More Replies...How supervillains think: Hmmmm, I want to destroy the world, how should I do that? Oh I know, I'll just go to where all the people with abilities to stop me are, I'm sure it will go well!
So you are confused as to why the Avengers story is mostly set in the U.S.A. when they were created by U.S. employees in U.S. companies and made into films by U.S. companies? So what country do you think all those U.S. creators should have chosen? ( I use U.S. because all the people that seem to put down America always forget that America includes Central and South America, not just U.S.A., so who are really the ones with the narrow world view?)
Well, the did pop into Scotland long enough to total Waverley station so I'm ok keeping them at a distance
Literally every marvel movie and there’s an attack on earth it’s in america
Load More Replies...So they didn't fight Thanos in Africa? That's so weird, I could a swore I remembered a big fight they lost against Thanos taking place in Africa, hell, all of them have fought in different countries in their own films
Oh, and what about that place made it African? Which part of 'Africa', anyway? I'm guessing Wakanda, because they didn't have to bother with actual local situations to create problems.the problem is not different sets. The problem is that on amy give set, the heros act and think US - focused. Which in itself would not be a problem, but they rarely think about other countries'laws and ways of doing things and just do what they want. Which made Civil War so interesting, as it showed how narrow-sighted that was. Sadly, they didn't really resolve the whole issue on screen. Eventually, they put a Situation in play that prevented Cap from seeing the problem and leaving him thinking he was right to decide what he did. And a lot of people in fron of the screen followed that line of thinking
Load More Replies...Yep. The way it should be. Maybe we keep Alaska, Hawaii, and. Little Canada as well bc
"We saved the city!" They say, infront of several destroyed buildings and fire and broken pipes and probably a few dead people
Well... Technically there are other (fictive) countries. Russia as non-fictive country, of course there are German Nazi's too. Then there's Sokovia (fictive). And of course let's not forget Wakanda (fictive) on the African continent. So, although many American movies seem to portray the US as the only country in the world that is not quite true for Marvel. Sorry to burst your meme. 😅
When I went to America in 87, I realised that you if could put a giant glass bowl over the whole of the US most of them probably wouldn't even notice.
Not true. They completely destroyed Socovia, and that's in Europe... somewhere.
Oh, rest of the world, you want America to save you / solve all your problems? Well, sh*t, we'll get right on that. *yawn*
Y'all act like the world didn't make laws against the Marvel crew when they went to other countries. See, here in FREEDOMLAND we're just fine with random violence and tons of death. Y'all can't handle how the Marvel crew "saves" the world.
Obviously you aren't American, what would you know about what we think?
It's the Avengers movies, the attacks and stuff are all in America.
Load More Replies...If that's the case, why is our country sending billions of dollars and equipment to other countries. By your logic we would be sending it to the ether. Stop hating on America and look in your own back yard.
It's how most American leaders want you to see the world if you don't do exactly as told ... Well the citizens get flown back home with all their political mess n interfering globally
Europeans say Americans don't know where their countries are. Europeans don't know the 50 American states names or where they are except Alaska and Hawaii.
How ALIENS see the Earth . . ."Cmon Booxprook, theres gotta be more to Planet Earth than this New York place . . . . . . "
... I don't know how to even explain the difference.
Load More Replies...Just wait until you see the majority of the times and places doctor who goes. And what real world country most anime take place in.
I wish I was able to still go without sleep like a young person! Nowadays I get grumpy if I miss my afternoon nap.
My art teacher at high school probably remembered me for a long time. He was a creep and any girl that bent over to pick up something he would pat her ass (short skirts). Then one day after he had inappropriately touched most of us girls he dropped something and as he was right beside me I got up and slapped him hard on his ass. Everyone laughed, including me, and then I got sent to the principals office. I explained why I'd done it, playing all innocent and said but he does that to us and that's what I thought we did when we see an ass. I could tell he was struggling not to laugh and just gave me a book and sit in the outer office until the end of art class. They never did anything to the teacher even though he had done it for years and he was reported hundreds of times. Tenure.
My mother when i compare my younger sibling to me right after she compared us
We had 4 holidays and I still haven't done my homework- Tomorrow is school-
And when your mother would call you by your full first and last name, you know you are serving some serious time.
Lol or flipping her hair. It doesn't always work some boys don't go for that sort of flirtation. I don't miss that part of my youth at all.
Considering you sat in class for a semester (or a week, or some time), are you really surprised this is coming?
I once read and understood hundreds of comments about a bunch of people arguing about the amount of seasons in their countries. India and USA won
Although when your long-distance partner has homophobic parents chatting at night is the only thing you can really do...
Nope, my girlfriend broke up with me cause of the stupid church of christ >:P
you know when you play a game on expert despite having no prior idea of what the hell you're doing? yeah thats my life
Look down for brain's help, look sideways for friends' help, look up for God's help. All of them decline.
I must be as dumb as a door nail. I have 2 college degrees and I do not understand this one. Would someone be so kind as to explain this one to me please?
Almost every time BP says something is sarcastic, it isn't. I don't understand. Some meta sarcasm joke?
Load More Replies...Noooo, realyyyy??? (The sarcasm is on us tonight)!!!
Load More Replies...Gosh this is a very bad post, not in line at all with usual BP quality ...
Sarcasm aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this post and laughed at many of these!
Load More Replies...These memes seem to be made by desi boys who likely failed college
We can add 'sarcasm' to the list of words that no longer have meaning, I guess.
Just in case those at Bored Panda need to know this; Definition of sarcasm 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain 2a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b: the use or language of sarcasm.
Sarchasm: the gulf between sarcastic wit and those who don’t get it. Taken from the Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational.
I think this was amazing! And clearly sarcasm, if you actually know the meaning of sarcasm. The post shows men being the usual suck, and women being absolute legends. 10/10
Apparently Americans (USAians) have NO IDEA of what sarcasm is. (Genuine comment) Americans are so VERY smart and witty! (Sarcasm)
Almost every time BP says something is sarcastic, it isn't. I don't understand. Some meta sarcasm joke?
Load More Replies...Noooo, realyyyy??? (The sarcasm is on us tonight)!!!
Load More Replies...Gosh this is a very bad post, not in line at all with usual BP quality ...
Sarcasm aside, I thoroughly enjoyed this post and laughed at many of these!
Load More Replies...These memes seem to be made by desi boys who likely failed college
We can add 'sarcasm' to the list of words that no longer have meaning, I guess.
Just in case those at Bored Panda need to know this; Definition of sarcasm 1: a sharp and often satirical or ironic utterance designed to cut or give pain 2a: a mode of satirical wit depending for its effect on bitter, caustic, and often ironic language that is usually directed against an individual b: the use or language of sarcasm.
Sarchasm: the gulf between sarcastic wit and those who don’t get it. Taken from the Washington Post’s Mensa Invitational.
I think this was amazing! And clearly sarcasm, if you actually know the meaning of sarcasm. The post shows men being the usual suck, and women being absolute legends. 10/10
Apparently Americans (USAians) have NO IDEA of what sarcasm is. (Genuine comment) Americans are so VERY smart and witty! (Sarcasm)