Comments on: Neuroscience of sarcasm http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Thu, 23 May 2013 03:05:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Bouncy Bouncy http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-203029 Bouncy Bouncy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203029 Lesson: tumour is the lowest form of sarcasm. Lesson: tumour is the lowest form of sarcasm.

]]> By: Anonymous http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-410400 Anonymous Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-410400 You mean I have to use my whole brain to do things? Absolutely amazing breakthrough. 2008 year of enlightenment... but seriously, has anyone made a sarcastic font yet? I would use it. You mean I have to use my whole brain to do things? Absolutely amazing breakthrough. 2008 year of enlightenment… but seriously, has anyone made a sarcastic font yet? I would use it.

]]> By: Stu Mark http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202849 Stu Mark Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202849 Yeah, right, like sarcasm is funny!?! Who cares about this stuff anyway, it's just boring nonsense!! Yeah, right, like sarcasm is funny!?! Who cares about this stuff anyway, it’s just boring nonsense!!

]]> By: Mr. Anthrope http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202858 Mr. Anthrope Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202858 That article was soooooo interesting! That article was soooooo interesting!

]]> By: RedMonkey http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202863 RedMonkey Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202863 Teen 1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He's cool. Teen 2: Are you being sarcastic, dude? Teen 1: I don't even know anymore. Teen 1: Oh, here comes that cannonball guy. He’s cool.
Teen 2: Are you being sarcastic, dude?
Teen 1: I don’t even know anymore.

]]> By: MarlboroTestMonkey7 http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202870 MarlboroTestMonkey7 Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202870 My right parahippocampal gyrus made write this comment, sorry. Well, not really. <yawn> My right parahippocampal gyrus made write this comment, sorry. Well, not really.

]]> By: d2kd3k http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202909 d2kd3k Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202909 <a href="http://www.mindhacks.com/blog/2008/06/multiple_sarcasm.html">Mind Hacks tore the NYT to shredsM<a> over bad reporting for this one, actually: "If you're going to be sarcastic, make sure you do it with the full force of knowledge behind you, because there's nothing that'll make you look more ridiculous than being sarcastic and wrong. Unfortunately, an otherwise interesting article from The New York Times manages to tick both boxes." Mind Hacks tore the NYT to shredsM over bad reporting for this one, actually:

“If you’re going to be sarcastic, make sure you do it with the full force of knowledge behind you, because there’s nothing that’ll make you look more ridiculous than being sarcastic and wrong.

Unfortunately, an otherwise interesting article from The New York Times manages to tick both boxes.”

]]> By: Duane http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202914 Duane Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202914 I wish I could remember the name of the comedian who did the "first guy to use sarcasm" bit: "Wow, this dinner plate is so hot! I can barely touch it!" "Really?" "No! It's completely cold!! That's my point!" "Then why did you say it was hot?" "I was being.....something." I wish I could remember the name of the comedian who did the “first guy to use sarcasm” bit:

“Wow, this dinner plate is so hot! I can barely touch it!”

“Really?”

“No! It’s completely cold!! That’s my point!”

“Then why did you say it was hot?”

“I was being…..something.”

]]> By: cephalopod http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-203439 cephalopod Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203439 Does anyone remember who did this bit on Letterman, probably back in the '80s? I want to say it was either Richard Lewis or Paul Reiser. Comedian: Ask me who invented sarcasm. Dave: OK, who invented sarcasm? Comedian [dismissively]: I did. Does anyone remember who did this bit on Letterman, probably back in the ’80s? I want to say it was either Richard Lewis or Paul Reiser.

Comedian: Ask me who invented sarcasm.
Dave: OK, who invented sarcasm?
Comedian [dismissively]: I did.

]]> By: jwerner http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202949 jwerner Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202949 Kids in the Hall on Sarcasm: http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMYQyhjiYA Kids in the Hall on Sarcasm:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=MjMYQyhjiYA

]]> By: Takuan http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-202955 Takuan Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-202955 do sarcastic monkeys preserve their genes by feeding the literal monkeys to the leopards? do sarcastic monkeys preserve their genes by feeding the literal monkeys to the leopards?

]]> By: ThreeFJeff http://boingboing.net/2008/06/04/neuroscience-of-sarc-1.html#comment-203007 ThreeFJeff Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 #comment-203007 So that old favorite becomes: "Dude, did you miss a maintenance interval? You might want to get your right parahippocampal gyrus adjusted." So that old favorite becomes:

“Dude, did you miss a maintenance interval? You might want to get your right parahippocampal gyrus adjusted.”

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