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RE: Is Language Manipulation Trolling Your Subconscious?
Very interesting experiment you did with sarcasm. It's interesting to think about when sarcasm started. Is it a fairly recent phenomenon, or have humans always had that ability on some level?
The origin of the word appears to go back to the Greek, 'sarkasmos' from 'from 'sarkazein' to tear flesh. The origin of the concept may go further back.
I often wonder if the first sarcastic person may have been burned as a witch.
Here is a paper that, humorously enough, discusses the contradictory thought about sarcasm.
https://nerhd.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/pdf.pdf