{"id":2359,"date":"2021-01-10T21:52:48","date_gmt":"2021-01-11T05:52:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/?p=2359"},"modified":"2021-01-10T21:52:52","modified_gmt":"2021-01-11T05:52:52","slug":"sarcasm-is-poison-friend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/davidraffin.com\/weblog\/sarcasm-is-poison-friend\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarcasm is poison, Friend"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

No honorable person has ever snickered. Chortling is unseemly. Tittering is obscene. Need I go on? \u2013 The war of words.<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The end result of the war of words was different than previous wars. For in the end, all that was left were the grunts.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All the highfalutin words fell. Shattered to syllables. They could not be put back together. Especially not by the king’s horses. What the hell was he thinking?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Neigh. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

A skilled humorist uses the sounds of laughter to muffle the screams. It\u2019s a foundational skill. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe play was OK, I guess. It ended abruptly. I am afraid, other than that, it was not very memorable.\u201d \u2013 Mary Todd Lincoln, answering a rude question.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sarcasm is poisonous to the soul. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I\u2019m sorry I did not point this out sooner,\u00a0many tragedies could\u2019ve been prevented!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The fundamental problem with topical humor is that while the short shelf-life requires constant replenishment, the underlying situations never change.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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No honorable person has ever snickered. Chortling is unseemly. Tittering is obscene. Need I go on? \u2013 The war of words. The end result of the war of words was different than previous wars. For in the end, all that was left were the grunts.\u00a0 All the highfalutin words fell. Shattered to syllables. They could not be put back together. Especially not by the king’s horses. What the hell was he thinking? Neigh.  A skilled humorist uses the sounds of laughter to muffle the screams. It\u2019s a foundational skill.  \u201cThe play was OK, I guess. It ended abruptly. 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