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  2. Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful - Wikipedia

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    Better yet, use sarcasm before you use up all of your other options, or any of your other options for that matter. Sarcasm works well in online media, because it's easy to pick up on without all of those pesky nonverbal cues , so you'll never even need to use the {{ sarcasm }} tag.

  3. xkcd - Wikipedia

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    His 2015 book Thing Explainer explains scientific concepts using only the one thousand most commonly used words in English. [‡ 6] [9] A fourth book, How To, which is described as "a profoundly unhelpful self-help book", was released on September 3, 2019. [‡ 7] A fifth book, What If? 2, was released on September 13, 2022. [10]

  4. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    In part, Poe was simply reiterating common advice about the need to clearly mark online sarcasm or parody, otherwise it would be interpreted as the real thing [5] or used by online trolls, [6] extremists, and fundamentalists as sincere expressions of their authors, particularly if they match their own views. [7]

  5. Sarcasm - Wikipedia

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    Sarcasm recognition and expression both require the development of understanding forms of language, especially if sarcasm occurs without a cue or signal (e.g., a sarcastic tone or rolling the eyes). Sarcasm is argued to be more sophisticated than lying because lying is expressed as early as the age of three, but sarcastic expressions take place ...

  6. British humour - Wikipedia

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    British humour carries a strong element of satire aimed at the absurdity of everyday life.Common themes include sarcasm, tongue-in-cheek, banter, insults, self-deprecation, taboo subjects, puns, innuendo, wit, and the British class system. [1]

  7. Wikipedia talk:Sarcasm is really helpful - Wikipedia

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    SARCASM* tags would be a lot easier for everyone on the internet. You don't say "*SARCASM*" IRL, so it's not really known for sure that you're being sarcastic. On the 'net, however, with *SARCASM* tags, it's known 100%. Vael Victus 15:55, 30 April 2008 (UTC) What a great idea! ← κεηηε∂γ (shout at me) 10:54, 1 May 2008 (UTC)

  8. List of fallacies - Wikipedia

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    The titles of some books are self-explanatory. Good books on critical thinking commonly contain sections on fallacies, and some may be listed below. DiCarlo, Christopher (2011). How to Become a Really Good Pain in the Ass: A Critical Thinker's Guide to Asking the Right Questions. Prometheus Books. ISBN 9781616143978. Engel, S. Morris (1994).

  9. Jake's Thing - Wikipedia

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    Jake’s Thing, for instance, famously rancid with misogyny, turns out, on re-reading, to be surprisingly tender in parts, and intensely moving on the humiliations of impotence. The Old Devils will last as long as novels do; but it is not the only brilliant treatment of old age- Ending Up is one of the most delicately tragic funny books I have ...