SARCASM MAKES YOU SMARTER………………………………..

Have you been labeled “sarcastic”? Then here’s some good news. It turns out that the mental gymnastics required to process sarcasm successfully are of the very type that extremely smart and creative people must employ regularly and that regular exposure to it can increase creativity and problem-solving.

Essentially, while a straightforward remark requires only basic comprehension, sarcastic remarks require multiple levels of comprehension — that is, the listener must bear in mind the experiences, viewpoints, and biases of whoever is speaking and assimilate the information into the analysis of what’s being said.