12. Words That Make Us: Sarcasm

In this episode of the "Words That Make Us" podcast, Rama and Tony discuss the topic of “Sarcasm”, or should we say wit? Humour? Verbal irony? Listen to them as they discuss the nuances in these terms all while reading poetry, research and some (soft) science and statistics. 

Culture and Social Status

https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/0163853X.2023.2252695#abstract

A Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People from Being a Burthen to their Parents, or the Country, and for Making Them Beneficial to the Publick by Jonthan Swift

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm

Psychology of Sarcasm

negatives

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/and-running/202012/behind-the-scenes-sarcasm

https://www.harleytherapy.co.uk/counselling/what-sarcasm-means.htm

 

positives

https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2024/02/09/a-psychologist-explains-the-irresistible-appeal-of-sarcasm/

https://www.apa.org/monitor/may05/sarcasm

https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/why-sarcastic-people-are-more-successful.html

Sarcastic TV characters

https://www.storypick.com/hurting-your-stomach/  

A Rational Anthem by Ambrose Bierce

https://www.poetrynook.com/poem/rational-anthem

Not Waving but Drowning By Stevie Smith

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/46479/not-waving-but-drowning

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