When Sarcasm Is Taken Seriously...

It's humorous and yet irritating at the same time, isn't it? On one hand, it's funny to see someone not interpret your sarcasm for being exactly that, sarcasm. Sometimes, it's fun to play along and see how far you can go until they realize it was a joke from the beginning. Yet, if it happens consistently enough, it can get old and it's common to think (especially if you've known the person for an extended period of time), "Doesn't this person know me? Can't they tell by know when I'm being sarcastic and when I'm being serious?"

Just today, I was listening to a story about how this guy liked to mix alcohol in with foods or sauces. Jack Daniels, Raspberry Vodka, amongst other liquors to form a certain sauce to place on the meat or to dip the meat into. So, I said, "Yeah, I made some Bloody Mary's the other day and mixed that with these chocolate chip cookies. It was really good." He seemed disgusted and appalled, saying, "Ewww. That's gross." Then, he was about to go on a tangent on how gross that was, when I butted in, "You thought I was serious?" I followed that with a few laughs.

Will people believe anything? If I claimed that my house was made out of Styrofoam, how many people would buy that (not the actual house)? If I said that my nickname was FooFoo, who would believe that? If I went into detail about how I mixed Tone liquid hand soap with Jack Daniels and Cherry Coke, and that it made an excellent drink, would there be anyone who looked at me with a straight face and said, "Really?"

Sarcasm seems to be a lost art, because the majority of people don't want to think about jokes. They'd rather see someone running into a fence and laughing than hearing a joke that makes them think for a second before laughing. That's why the smart alecks have to stick together, so that we can at least be on the same wavelength as one another and laugh alongside each other in unison. If someone takes the jokes too seriously, then they need to go to the doctor for a colonoscopy to check out just how far that stick is jammed up there.