On: Why the British Are Better at Satire

[aptwebapps]

That might have been the genesis, but it's now continuing on its own.

[maxerickson → aptwebapps]

I'm sort of implicitly arguing there that talking funny isn't sarcasm anymore. Much of the fun of sarcasm is in the subtlety.

[aptwebapps → maxerickson]

It's certainly not the same thing, and I prefer the subtle stuff myself, but both types are sarcasm.