There was one moment during the earlier (not early, but earlier) days of the internet where the symbol of sarcasm was Chandler Bing of Friends (1994–2004) fame. His iconic nervous fake laughter became the visual representation of the comedic concept—in fact, the page that does that is still around.
Since then, sarcasm has become commonplace on the internet, but, at the same time, there’s so much to discover in this genre of comedy that there is never enough of it. So, maybe this curated list brought to you by Scent of Sarcasm sates that appetite. For now.
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Wait, you mean it is still a surprise even if you don't wait for the birth? Shocking!
Then you can ask those friends out to dinner your treat, but they can't come because of the kids!
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I'm going against the grain here and say that unless the people in said fanciest house are douches to begin with, there's no reason to do this when someone politely asks you to keep it down for one afternoon in the entire year because of a wedding. The fact that it's the fanciest house holds no relevance.
considering they didn't even have the decency to actually talk to nay of the people, and just put letters in the mailboxes of everyone , they are douches by default
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Haha! That’s total entitlement! “Stop living please, our event is super-duper important”
Asking neighbors for a favor is "total entitlement"?
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I don't know. I think it was a valid request. It would only last as long as the ceremony so half an hour?
This is rude! You ruin someone's wedding just bc their house is nice?!
No, it's because they (the fanciest-house-owners) have the audacity to demand that everybody else caters to them and their ridiculous whims, but they don't even have the guts to ask their neighbors personally and instead just drop those s****y letters. I also wouldn't be surprised to learn that there's a backstory involving them and the lawnmowing neighbor. I once saw a post of a letter in a similar vein where the parents of a child with some kind of nutritional issue expected their neighbors to only hand out specific kind of treats on Halloween that would be ok to eat for their kid, but to ALL the kids.
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Not a terrible request. Don't be a child.... Help out a neighbor on their special day.
We had someone knock on our door last summer to let us know that they were having their son's bar mitzvah party in their garden so there would be noise and to pre apologise if we found it too loud. Turned out that as they lived in the next road along at the other end, we didn't here a thing.
So is that really that a terrible thing to ask? One afternoon to help a neighbor celebrate a very special day? Who is the real Karen here ?
I don’t really see the issue unless said neighbors are terrible. But to all these people saying “should’ve just invited the neighbors”, really?? Maybe I’m just the d**k here but I wouldn’t really want a bunch of people, most of whom I probably don’t know that well, at my wedding. As if weddings aren’t expensive enough…
Why not? A letter is even the most practical, just pin it to your fridge. I think it is a normal thing to do to ask/inform the neighbourhood this way, when it involves multiple neighbours. Do you expect them to ring at 10 to 20 houses on the day before the wedding to ask this? And return several times, because nobody is home? They have enough stress and work with preparations for the wedding. And fancy house, what is this supposed to mean? A billionaire living in simple neighbourhood and showing off - or just people who prioritize different than others? I too distribute letters in the vilage at New Years Eve, asking politely to not throw bombs (the Dutch type of fun fireworks are military level grenades) at the horses in the pasture at the back of the houses. I am certainly not doing house visits, I don't know when these people are home and several rent their house out as holiday home.
Anyone who would start up their lawn mower like that is an *A*S*S*H*O*L*E*, plain and simple.
"Rich people make me feel insecure, and someone did something mean to them today, so I'm going to post it on the internet and hope that others share in my bitterness."
In the Netherlands we just invite all the neighbors to the wedding. That way they make noise with us and everyone has a party.
I have a friend, cleaning holiday homes. She sometimes has to clean an absolute chaos, more iften it is left nice and neat. This is Europe, so none of these strange stories circulating on BP are a reality. Because she has to clean up an occasionable mess, she states that she leaves her room, when on holiday, too in chaos. As payback to an entirely innocent cleaner. We then had a talk about Karma and decency.
Murphy's Law: whatever can go wrong, will go wrong. (I think I'm right about this, but I could be wrong.)
I wouldn't have a problem with it. I'm just wondering how noisy the neighborhood is that a note is required.
If they were smart, they said 1 or 2 hours earlier than the wedding started.
That's not clever, they asked nicely, it was a one off very special event and unless they are really mean demanding people the other 364 days of the year it wasn't much to ask
Unless these people r the biggest a**holes in the world, this is too much. Yeah, a little notice would have been nice, etc, but chances r, whoever is getting married didn't do anything and doesn't really deserve to have their wedding ruined
If you don't want people around you making sounds during your neighborhood wedding, simply invite your neighbors to the wedding.
My neighbour is a total douchebag. To get revenge for his endless petty acts, when he had his daughters engagement party in his garden his wife (he is not allowed onto our property to knock at our door) came round to borrow some garden chairs (which we gave them) and kind-of asked us and our two young children to keep the noise down. So 10 minutes into the party I decided to jet-wash my patio. I even let it run when I went inside for dinner
Why isn't he allowed to knock on your door??
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Still have to weed-eat, blow the driveway, edge the sidewalk, and trim the bushes...Going to be a while...
lol I just read an FML that had somebody do this and instead someone whipped out drums. You are much more likely to have quiet if you just keep quiet.
Would have been easily solved by inviting all the neighbours to the wedding in the first place.
Marrying is overrated, as long as you love your partner, care for them and be there for them. That's really all that matters in the end. Now if only I can convince my wife of these facts.
The other side of the Scent of Sarcasm’s Instagram page is a collection of screenshots that perfectly encapsulate the 11 (probably) shades of sarcasm. The screen-grabs come from Twitter and feature random people’s thoughts and sarcastic remarks about modernity, society, relationships and everything else that truly matters.
It’s things like two people getting disconnected from a call and neither of them calling back (because who likes calling anyone these days?), having an ex randomly send you $200 as an apology for not working out, and, people’s fave, the baby jar (every time parents mention babies, put in a coin and then spend it on whatever).
You know, things people painfully relate to and can’t but resound the same sentiments.
I feel like perhaps this can also be a metaphor for many things larger than carpets on floors perhaps
Speaking of sarcasm, writer and IT dude John Spacey discussed the 11 types of sarcasm in quite some detail. In general, sarcasm is a provocative statement that’s meant to make people crack up or to insult them. The most notable forms of sarcasm are irony and satire, but John also points out how things like banter, self-deprecation and passive aggression can have sprinkles of sarcasm in them.
Needless to say, sarcasm is good for you. Besides a healthy dose of everything that’s excreted by our bodies during laughing, research also suggests sarcasm boosts creativity and makes your brain work harder for a number of reasons.
The best part is that you can’t overdose on it because the only known side effect of it is becoming a cynical bastard, increasing the risks of self-alienation and a punch in the face by people who don’t understand the finer things in life.
They deliberately reduce the lifespan of electronic devices in order to ensure that they will get continuous sales.
Looking at my notes, yep your an adult now, no it doesn't feel any different, sorry we lied. But you do get some debt, lots of responsibilities and it looks like you opted for the basic model which doesn't come with a manual unfortunately. And can you send in the next one on your way out, byeee
I had to work a long time to be this ugly and awkward, but thankfully I don't have any personality disorders
Everyone was thinking 'Thank God it's over.' Or is that just my antisocial self speaking
"What do you want for dinner?" "How about [could be ANY restaurant]?" "Eh..."
Hey, I had Botox for my clenched jaw and teeth grinding and it did help ease the pain
In fairness, if I was told I could do absolutely anything. ANYthing......except eat this apple from this certain tree. Imma eat that apple.
These are examples of sarcasm the same way Alanis Morissette's "Isn't It Ironic" gives examples of irony
Yup - "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means."
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I'm so happy there's a page that knows what "sarcasm" is and shares all these perfect examples with us.
One of the greatest backhanded compliment I ever received was from a teacher (a physics) who smuggly said to me "I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic" "I suppose it's if I answer rhetorically" I replied...
These are examples of sarcasm the same way Alanis Morissette's "Isn't It Ironic" gives examples of irony
Yup - "You keep using that word, I do not think it means what you think it means."
Load More Replies... I'm so happy there's a page that knows what "sarcasm" is and shares all these perfect examples with us.
One of the greatest backhanded compliment I ever received was from a teacher (a physics) who smuggly said to me "I can't tell if you're being serious or sarcastic" "I suppose it's if I answer rhetorically" I replied...
