Sarcasm is a very powerful humor tool.. it can either be cold and offputting, or just funny and extremely witty.
I had a friend who was always sarcastic.. I thought he was really funny but his humor always seemed on the negative side and pretty bitter. Eventually I just got tired of his negativity and stopped talking to him.
Then again, people like Jon Stewart uses sarcasm a lot, and I think he is one of the smartest (not to mention funniest) people in the media today. His sarcasm is on the silly side, and he pokes at the absurd. I would love to know more people with that kind of sense of humor.
If most people aren't getting your jokes, maybe that means it's offputting in some way. If you don't care about what they think, don't adjust your humor.. but walking the fine line between funny sarcasm and mean sarcasm might be a better way to connect with people.
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