Sarcasm Essay

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So as you all know common sense isn’t so common or sense and sarcasm well is just sarcasm. That’s why I am here today. I am here to talk about the consequences of not having common sense and not understanding sarcasm. For ones out there who don’t have common sense and don’t understand sarcasm, you should pay attention to what I am about to say.

About three years ago, my mother downloaded a game on her tablet called “What’s my IQ?” by Orangenose Studios. This game calculates your “IQ” by “common sense”, don’t think outside the box questions. There were questions and scenarios like “move the car”, “slide the bar left”, and “sally has 5 siblings. How many kids does her mother and father have?”

When my family and I saw the questions, we all
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Cannot understanding sarcasm be the first sign of a serious problem?

Most will probably answer this question no. You’re wrong the answer is yes. Not understanding, or catching up on sarcasm and lies can be an early sign of dementia. There is a special name for this, which is frontotemporal dementia, which is the type of dementia that inhibits you from detecting sarcasm or lies. Most people would say this is a bad thing because what is you’re in a relationship and he/ she cheats on you and then lies about it; someone is being sarcastic and you don’t recognize it and it ends up haunting you.

My math teacher uses sarcasm a lot. Some people don’t understand when he uses sarcasm. So, he has a sign where after he says it he’ll point at his hand and mouth sarcasm. I will admit some of his sarcasm is not clear. Then when you think about it having a sign for sarcasm is good but not everybody in the world is going to use it. Matter of fact I guarantee that finding someone to do that is slim to none.

With that being said understanding sarcasm is very serious especially if it can affect your

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