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  2. 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 ...

  3. Tone indicator - Wikipedia

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    The syntax of modern tone indicators stems from /s, which has long been used on the internet to denote sarcasm. [4] This symbol is an abbreviated version of the earlier /sarcasm, itself a simplification of </sarcasm>, the form of a humorous XML closing tag marking the end of a "sarcasm" block, and therefore placed at the end of a sarcastic ...

  4. Poe's law - Wikipedia

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    The article gave examples of cases such as 4chan with the usage of the OK gesture as a white power symbol and the Trump administration where there were deliberate ambiguities over whether something was serious or intended as a parody, where people were using Poe's law as "a refuge" to camouflage beliefs that would otherwise be considered ...

  5. 30 Tinder Profiles That Went So Off The Rails They Even Made ...

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    Image credits: matteocrayo A kind of humour that seems to do extremely well with online daters is sarcasm. Coming in hot with sarcastic remarks signals that a person is intelligent and witty ...

  6. Humor research - Wikipedia

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    A child's social play often invokes the use of jokes, non-serious social incongruity, physical slapstick humor. Studies on how play "promot[es] social cohesion, cooperation, and even altruism," [6] have been used to describe humor's function. Laughter is often a byproduct of playful social interactions, and can therefore be viewed as serving a ...

  7. Wikipedia:Sarcasm is really helpful - Wikipedia

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    Sarcasm is especially useful in controversial debates, the more controversial the better, where a sarcastic comment often has the effect of calming the situation. Don't worry about offending people; simply appending a smiley emoticon , humorous XML tag ( </sarcasm> ), or irony mark ( βΈ® ) to your comment will assuage any hurt feelings (Don't ...

  8. Resentment - Wikipedia

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    Inherent in resentment is a perception of unfairness (i.e. from trivial to very serious), and a generalized defense against unfair situations (e.g. relationships or unfavourable circumstances). [3] The word originates from French "ressentir", re-, intensive prefix, and sentir "to feel"; from the Latin "sentire".

  9. Cascade Model of Relational Dissolution - Wikipedia

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    Gottman's model uses a metaphor that compares the four negative communication styles that lead to a relationship's breakdown to the biblical Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, wherein each behavior, or horseman, compounds the problems of the previous one, leading to total breakdown of communication. [1]