On 6/1/2016 7:29 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 1-6-2016 13:11, Jim Holsenback wrote:
>> snip]
>> BTW: If you believe what you read on the internet
>> (and I don't) the general consensus is that sarcasm is the tool of a
>> bitter person.
>
> I disagree with the consensus. Sarcasm, irony, are tools to tackle the
> world in a combative way. In my view it should not be destructive but
> constructive in the end. It can be a mirror of reality that helps to
> cope with it.
>
>>
>> Any opinions about well placed sarcasm?
>
> Where I worked, sarcasm and irony were widely used as a group process.
> It helped to decrease tensions and, from there, to view things in a
> better perspective and come with better solutions. But initially, it
> always was a means to reduce tension, aggressiveness, helplessness,
> especially in periods of institute changes or hierarchic fencing.
>

thanks for that bit of validation ... couldn't have said it better 
myself. it would seem that sarcasm /can/ be used as a form of humor

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