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Re:Sarcastic comments boost creativity, a study finds (2015) by awinter-py on Sunday January 26, 2020 @03:31PM (#22154560)
possibly because if you're not being sarcastic, you're engaging in self-censorship

rather than saying sarcasm enhances creativity, this result could mean that being polite in the face of nonsense reduces creativity

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Re:Sarcastic comments boost creativity, a study finds (2015) by krapp on Monday January 27, 2020 @07:22AM (#22158650)
A compulsion to express sarcasm out of fear of self-censorship is, itself, a form of self-censorship based on a fallacious premise that sarcasm is somehow more sincere and "honest" than politeness.
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