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Are Aspies capable of understanding and using sarcasm and/or irony?
Sarcasm only 6%  6%  [ 6 ]
Irony only 2%  2%  [ 2 ]
Sarcasm AND Irony 69%  69%  [ 75 ]
Neither 2%  2%  [ 2 ]
Oh that's just sooooo great, yet another poll, JUST what this site needs!! ! Really!! !! :x 22%  22%  [ 24 ]
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25 Jan 2007, 12:53 pm

Quest_techie wrote:
Sophist wrote:
Frankly, I'm a bit baffled as to how one can use irony. Irony just happens.

Now recognizing it, yeah... I can see that.


yeah, I can go with that, I don't have the power to wield irony


Ah, to weild irony. That could be a superhero.

--More subtle than a speeding bullet, more intelligent than a locomotive, able to leap small minds with a single bound... it's Irony-Weilding Man!! !


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26 Aug 2012, 8:42 pm

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Like other responses here, I can use it but not really understand, unless someone uses a very obvious vioce tone. Most of the time, I'll just stare at someone dumbfounded, and ask if they are serious.

Totally. Me.
My brother was talking about a music group called Thousand Foot Crutch or something and I was like "what?" He had to explicitly tell me it was a music group. My dad is huge on sarcasm and joking so half of our conversation is Dad:[joke] Me: wait, seriously?
And my lil sis has a bff whose thing is being extremely sarcastic without changing anything about her demeanor. She confuses me a lot.
But when I can tell its being used, it cracks me up.
I prefer wordplay though. And sitcom. Like AFV.



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26 Aug 2012, 9:45 pm

Seigneur wrote:
Can do it but can't always recognize it.


Same here. I can be quite sarcastic at times, but I have a tendency to miss it when it's embedded in a conversation.



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26 Aug 2012, 10:03 pm

My favorite bumper sticker is "Honk if you can tell the difference between sarcasm and irony!"

...But getting back to the original question-- I find that I sometimes have trouble 'switching gears' when it comes to sarcasm and irony. Not sure exactly how to explain it, but if I'm in a certain mindset, sarcasm or irony will bounce right off me. OTOH in the polar opposite mindset I might become unable or unwilling to say anything serious, and try to construct endless chains of irony/sarcasm.



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26 Aug 2012, 10:10 pm

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Are people clicking on the last option because they understand it or because they're taking it literally?


I can't answer for everyone else, but I clicked it because I got it. Then again, DO we need another poll? ;)

I get and use sarcasm quite well, although my peers might say I use it a little TOO often; a yes on irony too, but not as much.



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26 Aug 2012, 10:19 pm

I often pretend that I don`t understand that someone talks sarcastically. I just don`t find it funny although I can recognize it. I perceive it as a cheap way to feel superior to the person you are using it on. It`s just not constructive. But maybe this just proves that I don`t "get it".



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26 Aug 2012, 10:47 pm

I grew up around it. My mother's family is extremely sarcastic. I didn't like it when they used sarcasm when I was little but I understand it now and I've grown to appreciate it.