I hate to tell you this, but sarcasm is dead. I'll miss it as much as you will, no really. I'll miss how sarcasm used to provide people a way to skirt around saying what they truly thought. I'll miss the ambiguous vocal inflections that could, if you were in on the joke, turn a compliment into a scathing criticism. I'll miss being able to use sarcasm to shield myself from the scathing criticisms of others.
Sarcasm has always been one of the most important modes of communication. It is hard to imagine how we will go on without it. Who wants to go on living in a world where you can't go around saying the opposite of what you mean and expect to be understood?
Oh, sarcasm, you elevated us all to a position of sage authority. Anyone who invoked you was sure to win the argument, to make their point crystal clear, to gain the trust and respect of their fellows. Not one person ever took advantage of the potential ambiguity to be an asshole. On the contrary, you were an incisive tool for the most brave and inventive minds of our times. I'll miss you, sarcasm.
monochrom is an art-technology-philosophy group having its seat in Vienna and Zeta Draconis. monochrom is an unpeculiar mixture of proto-aesthetic fringe work, pop attitude, subcultural science, context hacking and political activism. Our mission is conducted everywhere, but first and foremost in culture-archeological digs into the seats (and pockets) of ideology and entertainment. monochrom has existed in this (and almost every other) form since 1993. [more]
