Point being, when there are a thousand different insightful things that one could say about the content of the story, a seven-word zinger about the value of his MBA degree doesn't strike me as a particularly constructive comment.

"Shit, I watched my Dad do this a million times why can't I do it now?"

"Wasn't I supposed to learn how to do this in college - where the heck was I that day?"

"I thought after learning how to do X, I'd know how to apply it to Y"

"I thought after listening to him, I'd be able to do this"

But, fair enough, I see your point (I should have added the above comment to my original posting); I'll try to elaborate more in the future.

"Sarcasm is stating the opposite of an intended meaning especially in order to sneeringly, slyly, jest or mock a person, situation or thing."

I don't think agreeing fits.

(See that? Agreement.)

In particular, when you "agree" with something that you have quoted out of context, it's quite easy to paint it with the opposite of its intended meaning. That's what the OP did -- he took a remark that wasn't intended to disparage the MBA degree, and turned it into something that did.

That's called sarcasm, whether wikipedia is your authoritative reference on the subject, or not.

It's always interesting when people declare what someone else is saying or thinking or trying to convey instead of just asking them to clarify :).

My main gripe is with anti-intellectualism and other forms of low-brow snottery in general, not so much with your specific comment.