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This IG Page Hosts The Most ‘Sarcastic’ Memes, And Here Are 50 Of The Most Relatable
Being sarcastic gets a bad rep. They say sarcasm is for those who are incapable of honest and heartfelt communication. I say: “Do not slander my sarcastic king Chandler Bing like that!” (The rhyme is accidental, apologies.) Yes, it is a coping mechanism for those of us who often feel awkward during emotional moments. That’s where its element of relatability comes from.
The Instagram account I’m Being Sarcastic posts daily comedy snippets from TikTok, X (formerly known as Twitter) and other meme-tastic internet places. For some insights into what properties sarcasm brings to comedy and what we deem funny, Bored Panda reached out to Steven Kapica, assistant professor of English at Keuka College, and assistant professor Peter Kunze at Tulane University. Check out their thoughts below! And if you’re looking for a good laugh, scroll through our selected posts and let us know: could this list BE any better?
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A friend I thought was a sane person once said something like this to me, I asked him which brand he used and that he should contact them for defected masks and that they probably would wanna hear about it and maybe run som tests to make sure their masks doesn't suffocate their users. He did not want to do that since "whatever, masks are stupid anyways".
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I pushed a human being out of my body while wearing a mask...I second the drama queen comment
Exactly. Mr Mitchell needs to talk to any woman in his life (like wife, ex, sister, mother) who has gone thru childbirth and tell them that he thinks wearing a mask is just way to hard. He's an idiot.
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I wear a half face respirator for hours on end at work. That little piece of cloth is nothing. Antimaskers are ridiculous.
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I've had COPD for almost two decades now, I use three separate inhalers and take some pill that helps me back up the stuff that builds up. (just like a cat with a hairball) I could not wear the cotton masks without getting out of breath after minor exertion. My regular doctor found a mask of some type of man made material that did a reasonable job excluding the virus, but allowed me to breath with just a small extra effort compared to cotton. Plus it came with replaceable liners. A bit more expensive, but cheaper than covid!
At least surgeons are paid handsomely. I worked in a chemical waste landfill and literally might die if we don't wear mask. We work for 8 hours a day for minimum wage.
Normally, I don't recommend violence but if someone could staple &/or super glue a mask to this guy's face then that would be great, thanks
I vote super glue - staples would leave air holes LOL
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I wish someone printed that near Bill's office, so he could think about that every day.
Well, who said Bill Mitchell struggling to breathe was a bad thing?
I am 100% pro-masks. But I will admit - that wearing them (n95) for a length of time becomes a bit uncomfortable. I am not sure if it is a bit of claustrophobia, or if the lack of smells makes me uneasy/ breathless. I KNOW it is 100% in my head, and I will wear them to protect others happily. Maybe I will get used to them, otherwise a bit of discomfort, to give major comfort to others (life) is well worth it to me.
My mom's got copd and asthma. Plus PTSD. She should not be made to wear one but even she tries
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Bill, you must have been struggling to breathe before you put on the mask. You strike me as a mouth-breather.
The only time I had problems breathing in a mask was when my nose was congested and I was breathing through my mouth. I had chest congestion too so my breaths were larger and I was sucking in the mask. Breathing like a normal person never caused any issues though
I have family members that can't breathe with a paper mask on, but they also flip out about band aids or hospital bracelets being too tight and those make them not able to breathe, either. So, I have crazy over sensitive people in my family. Are you crazy over sensitive, Bill?
Defamation of character, and name calling. Is what people do when they are to stupid to understand things.
100% pro mask and always wore them, but ive came across people who just got panic attacks when they put one on. Being mocked doesnt help. One woman in my local FB group mentioned it somewhere and while everyone got mad at her i suggested she would "practise" at home a bit, like a minute per hr and increase. That having said, i think this guy here is just a dramaqueen.
Some people legitimately cannot start masks for a long period. But they are more rare than people who are allergic to gluten. And both groups are made worse by listening to famous people.
And there are a ton of replies every single time. Maybe it will stop getting reposted once we stop reacting?
Load More Replies... It took some getting use to. I think it was more the fact that the cloth ones were a bit thick at first and made things hot.
I still wear masks occasionally. A must when using the weed whacker and when gardening. When I have a cold or hay fever it's nice to not have everyone see my runny nose or if I sneeze nothing ends up inside my elbow in public. That's happened and once and I was so embarrassed because I didn't have a tissue with me... 🤧🫣 I wear a surgical with a fancy one over it. Not a lot of droplets escaping my face and I can breathe just fine. I've even gone jogging like that.
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A fun thing about this is that the effectivness of mask during surgeries is being disputed and the claim of that preventing infections may be a persistent myth https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2590170221000248
To be clear though, in the medical field, masks and such are mainly worn to prevent the accidental exchange of bodily fluids, not necessarily to prevent infection. That's also why they were promoted during the pandemic. You know, so everyone would stop microscopic spitting in each other's faces while talking (thus potentially and unknowingly spreading infection - which is how the whole "it prevents infection" came to be)
Load More Replies... Maybe he has Asthma ?!? I have Asthma and i can't breathe with a mask on.
I have asthma and have no problem breathing in a mask. But, everyone is different, this guy just sounds like an antimasking a*s to me.
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I have worn a mask all day, in Thailand. Never once was it "soaked" with sweat. You might need to see a doctor.
Load More Replies... I've traveled all over the world during and after the pandemic. Us white folks in western countries are literally the only one's being whiny bitches about wearing a mask. It's just sad and pathetic.
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Quick question. If I snuck up to you while you were sleeping, to sit on your face and fart. Would you rather I did so bare assed or with my pants and underwear on? Those are the only two options.
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What a compassionate human being you are! /s
Load More Replies...Academics Steven Kapica and Peter Kunze were kind enough to share their expertise on sarcasm in comedy. Both agree that using sarcasm can easily lead to confusion and misunderstandings.
Peter Kunze notes sarcasm’s linkage to insincerity. “[O]nline, the sincere and the insincere are always difficult to distinguish. It truly is in the eye of the beholder,” he says. Dr. Kapica observes that sarcasm is location-specific and is best used in contexts where audiences are “in the know” and “of like mind”.
There are instances when sarcasm should be used cautiously. “Teachers, for instance,” Kapica adds, “should generally steer clear of using sarcasm in the classroom. Bad idea because the student/teacher relationship is rife with complicated power dynamics.” That’s why the relationship between the user and the receiver is very important.
“[P]erformers have very specific kinds of relationships with those to whom they perform. Sarcasm, then, is a performative choice, a choice built upon audience awareness. Performed sarcasm should be attuned to its intended audience. And when I say ‘performed,’ by the way, I mean everything from telling a joke to creating and posting a meme,” clarifies Kapica.
The sheer amount of comedy accounts online that rely on sarcasm would suggest that it automatically makes everything funny. Dr. Steven views it as a double-edged sword. “Done well, sarcasm can elevate an otherwise basic (lame) joke. Tongue-in-cheek, what have you. Done very well, it can provide layers and nuance. A meme or joke that engages its audience on multiple levels? Good comedy.”
“Conversely, poorly executed sarcasm can sink an otherwise good or well-intentioned joke or piece of comedy. I think of Daniel Tosh’s [sexual harassment] joke debacle (and George Carlin's far superior handling of subject matter generally deemed ‘off limits’).”
When our dog was a little puppy, she would follow me everytime I had to get up at night. She waited patiently in front of the door, followed me back into the bedroom and after she was back in her bed and comfy again, she sighed deeply and released. Humans are exhausting!
We come back to context. “Context is everything in comedy,” says Kapica. “Context is why some scholars and comedians argue that jokes can't effectively cross cultural borders. What's funny to an urban New Yorker is not necessarily funny to a reader in the Southern Tier (rural, western New York). The same is true with American-oriented comedy and, say, Brazilian-oriented comedy.”
“Because sarcasm is so context-dependent, it is far more likely to miss than hit its mark. And when sarcasm misses its mark, it misses BIG,” claims Dr. Steven. He points to “cancel culture” as one of the best examples of a failed attempt at sarcasm.
Memes about work life and relationships tend to get the most views online. Sarcastically looking at these topics can offer us some release. “[W]hen do we most need the release sarcasm can offer?” asks Kapica.
“When we're buried in work, wrestling with incompetence, bored out of our minds, butting heads with colleagues, or bosses, or simply facing insurmountable tons of tedious work. Or when the ebbs [and] flows of our relationships test our sanity and will to live.”
The simpler answer is that those are just universally the most relatable topics. “Work and relationships are two of comedy's commonplaces. Everyone works. Everyone has relationship troubles. Everyone poops,” Kapica quips. “Work and relationships. Farts. These are both easy targets and necessary targets (the comedy-as-release, or topical pain relief, factor).”
If I don't already have my glasses on I'm not going to find the rest 😐
Was Oscar Wilde right, then? Is comedy really the lowest form of wit? Peter Kunze says it’s not necessarily the lowest, but it is on the easier side. According to him, people tend to like clever wordplay or satirical edge in their jokes. “The casual irony of sarcasm, imbued with snark and derision, can make it rather alienating—but also quite fun,” he adds.
And if you ever meet the dad ask him why he dresses so weird and then walk off
Steven Kapica regards physical pain-based comedy the lowest: “Think Ow! My Balls! from Mike Judge's brilliant and prophetic Idiocracy.” Though he agrees that sarcasm is near the bottom of the barrel. “It doesn't take much skill to inflect a phrase with sarcasm in response to an authority's power move, or to use sarcasm to point out what is already obvious to everyone; the jokester who feels inclined to perform what everyone else is thinking isn't [a] comic genius.”
And also last thing at night!?- I literally told my friend before she became my housemate, that I needed at least 15 mins of quiet alone time each evening to wind down and she said "no problem"..........then moved in and proceeded to talk THE ENTIRE TIME while I was "winding down", then got offended when I kept reminding her it was my "quiet time".........when she moved out her chief comment was "it's probably best I move out. Now, before we ruin the friendship- because you've been a b*tch to me lately!
He gives another example from cinema: “The scene from Raising Arizona (1987) where Glen (Sam McMurray) tries to explain what a ‘way-home-er’ joke is to Nick Cage's H.I. The scene is funny because it's broadly acted (slapstick; visually funny); the scene is witty because it layers H.I.'s reaction to Glen with the film audience's reaction to Glen and H.I.'s reaction to Glen. It's meta-comedy. That's wit.”
Kapica doesn’t see much sense in ranking forms of wit and comedy. “I think sarcasm plays an important role in human interaction, in humor,” he admits. “Sarcasm can be an effective means of gauging, guiding, and winning one's audience ‘in the moment.’ But that's ‘live’ sarcasm. Internet-based sarcasm is... oof.”
That’s a pretty big “oof”. Internet-based sarcasm is one of Kapica’s academic interests at the moment. He says sarcasm online works best when used in closed groups. “Sarcasm used within a specific internet-based community can (does) land because its audience is a given, a known quantity. Everyone is speaking the same language.”
“The problem (and it's a BIG problem) is when that sarcasm (think ‘inside jokes’) gets taken out of its original context. It is for this reason that so much internet-based humor is hit-or-miss.” His final advice for online jokesters is: “1) Know your audience and 2) Never forget that everything on the internet stays on the internet.”
My phone does not replace f*cking with any other word that sounds the same. It leaves it alone and knows why I used the word and f*cked if it's going to make the same mistake twice
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Yes, this was one of the best posts in a long while!
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When I was growing up my mom kept our drinking water in the fridge in an empty rum bottle. Once during a cookout my mom grabbed it to make KoolAid. My aunt almost had a heart attack. It was really funny.
Yes, this was one of the best posts in a long while!
Load More Replies... When I was growing up my mom kept our drinking water in the fridge in an empty rum bottle. Once during a cookout my mom grabbed it to make KoolAid. My aunt almost had a heart attack. It was really funny.
