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My three-year-old son (currently being evaluated for AS) recently used sarcasm for the first time, which I didn't even think was possible at that age. (He told me very seriously that he sees me all the time me with his laser eyes, and then he laughed and laughed. I think he was calling me out on my bogus claims of having special mom powers.) His NT big sister doesn't even understand sarcasm quite yet. However, everyone on my mom's side of the family (the side that has rampant spectrum traits) has a very dry wit and they are all very much into sarcastic humor and wordplay (which people outside the family don't generally "get" or appreciate as much as we do). I often kid people with a very deadpan delivery and nobody realizes I'm kidding until I tell them. I think it's because I don't use the proper inflection and facial expressions to convey that I'm kidding. My humor comes along much better on paper, because I can hone the delivery.

Sarcasm is but one of the services I offer!

I tend to uncontrollably smile/giggle when I do a funny though so it is quite obvious when I am being sarcastic. Sometimes I "go over the line" though, people end up getting used to it but when meeting new people I have taught myself to hold back so I don't accidentally offend.

Somehow I rarely get pulled up for sarcasm.......in fact it's been a very long time since anybody gave me any criticism at all. Don't know whether that's because of respect (maybe being older helps), or whether they're just chicken. Though I'm probably quite careful who the sarcasm is directed against these days. Mostly it's against politicians, managements, advertisers, capitalism......so perhaps it resonates well with the kind of company I keep.

I try not to be sarcastic much, and especially not at the expense of others. I'm so naive about so many things, and so slow to pick up the intentions or emotions of others, that I do not want to put anyone else in a situation that I would find uncomfortable myself. I tend to know more than I let on, but I would rather not use that knowledge to employ sarcasm against someone. Just personal choice. Also, I don't have any gift for knowing what is and isn't funny, whether saying it or hearing it. Which is why I only own a couple of comedy movies, out of the hundreds of movies I own. For some reason, the funniest comedy for me comes from the Japanese. Probably because of my naivety.