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Is sarcasm widespread in Poland? [27]
Well I know that's not true
Ahh I do love sarcasm.
you can joke a lot without being sarcastic - but I always thought of polish culture as being more earnest than sarcastic
Indeed, well sure as the saying goes, "Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit...but the highest form of intelligence"
So you can say from your experience in Poland, since you encountered no sarcasm, than people were neither intelligent nor humorous?
That cannot be, can it?
Am I being sarcastic? It's difficult to tell when only reading isn't it? (^_^)
I agree tho, people aren't as sarcastic here as back where I'm from. But I find that when I meet Poles who've lived in Ireland or the uk, they 'get' my jokes far more than those who haven't travelled. I think humour in general is a bit 'stuck' here. Things like mother-in-law jokes are still common and stand-up comedy is almost non-existent. I don't know how many people I've spoken to who had no idea that Eddie Murphy and Robin Williams et al, were hilarious stand up comedians before they became film stars.
I find the humour here is less self-deprecating, like in English speaking countries, the focus of most jokes is on making a subject, or yourself look funny, or stupid, but here it's usually about someone else appearing stupid/funny, it's not unfunny, it's just different to what I'm used to personally.
