Is Sarcasm a Desirable Trait?

[the_bob_delusion]

what do you think?

[the_great_she_elephant]

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@am*3 wrote:

What about in real life?  LOL at answer being only about posting on forums.

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A classic,- though not very subtle - example. I don't think we are meant to believe Am is really laughing out loud.

[chuk_77]

[icyfroth]

[*elizabeths-mum*]

I think it depends where and to whom it is used. With people on the same wavelength it can be amusing, but when used as a put down benefits no one.

[azureline**]

I think some people confuse sarcasm with wit..........

[the_bob_delusion]

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@azureline** wrote:

I think some people confuse sarcasm with wit..........

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sarcasm does fall under wit. 

[azureline**]

by whose definition?

[cherry*135]

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@**freethinker_bob** wrote:

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@azureline** wrote:

I think some people confuse sarcasm with wit..........

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sarcasm does fall under wit. 

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The lowest form of wit or not?

''Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.''
Rex Stout, as Nero Wolfe (!)

“Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit.”

― Oscar Wilde (debateable whether he actually said those words exactly)

[azureline**]

Wit is being funny and clever at the same time.

[cherry*135]

Dictionary meaning (Oxford)

the use of irony to mock or convey contempt:

she didn’t like the note of sarcasm in his voice