Using sarcasm to determine dementia - Page 2

wolf · 12-17-2008, 12:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Aliantha

I think I have dementia.

I don't get sarcasm most of the time.

Could be you're just blonde.

Aliantha · 12-17-2008, 12:37 AM

Nope...not even fake blonde anymore. Natural born brunette.

It's a cultural thing for me. We didn't use sarcastic humour in my family when I was growing up and sarcasm was viewed as rudeness, so when someone's cracking a joke using sarcasm, I generally percieve it to be rude.

I guess that explains why I don't get the jokes you lot make most of the time. I had no idea they were supposed to be funny.

footfootfoot · 12-17-2008, 02:24 PM

Anecdotal evidence to be sure, but whenever I've met someone who doesn't get sarcasm and ask where they're from it is usually the midwest or Wisconsin or Minnesota. They seem to be the most sincere people I've met. And terribly nice.

lookout123 · 12-17-2008, 02:36 PM

I'm from the midwest and we were served sarcasm three meals a day.

Shawnee123 · 12-17-2008, 02:44 PM

Me too. Don't look at me like I'm not sarcastic.

lookout123 · 12-17-2008, 02:51 PM

you're one of the least sarcastic people I know. or was it you're one of the most demented? anyway i think we can all agree that sarcasm and dementedness have an inverse relationship.

Shawnee123 · 12-17-2008, 03:55 PM

If the relationship is truly an inverse one, then I guess I'm not sarcastic at all!

Cicero · 12-17-2008, 03:56 PM

Shawnee? Sarcastic? Never...

Me either.

Shawnee123 · 12-17-2008, 03:57 PM

Yeah, I think the premise is flawed.

OnyxCougar · 01-13-2009, 06:11 AM

Actually, children with Asperger's don't "get" sarcasm either. My personality is loaded with it and my son was taking me literally. It's taken years of "that was sarcastic" for him to finally understand what it was. Now he understands it, and he tries to be sarcastic, but fails miserably.

TheMercenary · 01-13-2009, 10:29 AM

Aspy's are very interesting. I know a number of people who have Aspy kids and they run the gammet of personalities. I know they are a lot of work.

12-17-2008, 12:37 AM	#17
Aliantha trying hard to be a better person Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Brisbane, Australia Posts: 16,493	Nope...not even fake blonde anymore. Natural born brunette. It's a cultural thing for me. We didn't use sarcastic humour in my family when I was growing up and sarcasm was viewed as rudeness, so when someone's cracking a joke using sarcasm, I generally percieve it to be rude. I guess that explains why I don't get the jokes you lot make most of the time. I had no idea they were supposed to be funny. __________________ Kind words are the music of the world. F. W. Faber

12-17-2008, 02:24 PM	#18
footfootfoot To shreds, you say? Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: in the house and on the street-how many, many feet we meet! Posts: 18,449	Anecdotal evidence to be sure, but whenever I've met someone who doesn't get sarcasm and ask where they're from it is usually the midwest or Wisconsin or Minnesota. They seem to be the most sincere people I've met. And terribly nice. __________________ The internet is a hateful stew of vomit you can never take completely seriously. - Her Fobs

12-17-2008, 02:36 PM	#19
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	I'm from the midwest and we were served sarcasm three meals a day. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-17-2008, 02:44 PM	#20
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Me too. Don't look at me like I'm not sarcastic. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-17-2008, 02:51 PM	#21
lookout123 changed his status to single Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Right behind you. No, the other side. Posts: 10,308	you're one of the least sarcastic people I know. or was it you're one of the most demented? anyway i think we can all agree that sarcasm and dementedness have an inverse relationship. __________________ Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin

12-17-2008, 03:55 PM	#22
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	If the relationship is truly an inverse one, then I guess I'm not sarcastic at all! __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

12-17-2008, 03:56 PM	#23
Cicero Looking forward to open mic night. Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: New Mexico Posts: 5,148	Shawnee? Sarcastic? Never... Me either. __________________ Show me a sane man, and I will cure him for you.- Carl Jung

12-17-2008, 03:57 PM	#24
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yeah, I think the premise is flawed. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

01-13-2009, 06:11 AM	#25
OnyxCougar Junior Master Dwellar Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Kingdom of Atlantia Posts: 2,979	Actually, children with Asperger's don't "get" sarcasm either. My personality is loaded with it and my son was taking me literally. It's taken years of "that was sarcastic" for him to finally understand what it was. Now he understands it, and he tries to be sarcastic, but fails miserably. __________________ Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt

01-13-2009, 10:29 AM	#26
TheMercenary “Hypocrisy: prejudice with a halo” Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Savannah, Georgia Posts: 21,393	Aspy's are very interesting. I know a number of people who have Aspy kids and they run the gammet of personalities. I know they are a lot of work. __________________ Anyone but the this most fuked up President in History in 2012!

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