Great news Surly parents - your shithead kid just might be intelligent

[Superhero 8833]

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211110-your-teens-being-sarcastic-its-a-sign-of-intelligence

 

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... psychologists and neuroscientists ... found that sarcasm requires the brain to jump through numerous hoops to arrive at a correct interpretation, requiring more brainpower than literal statements. And although it's often dismissed as juvenile snark, sarcasm is actually evidence of maturity – as it takes years for a child's developing brain to fully grasp and master it.

I'll sleep better knowing that my 9 year old is growing up to be an intelligent being and not just a little a little shit to me and her mom.

[ABSR 5320]

11 minutes ago, Superhero said:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211110-your-teens-being-sarcastic-its-a-sign-of-intelligence

 

I'll sleep better knowing that my 9 year old is growing up to be an intelligent being and not just a little a little shit to me and her mom.

This must mean that all of you posters on Surly are brilliant!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

... You probably believed that and missed the sarcasm.  Which means you're stupid.

[956 Worldwide 34739]

Hell yeah, add this to “I got bad grades because I’m so smart and it’s too boring for me to bother with these tests for simpletons.” I tried that one once.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

1 hour ago, Superhero said:

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20211110-your-teens-being-sarcastic-its-a-sign-of-intelligence

 

I'll sleep better knowing that my 9 year old is growing up to be an intelligent being and not just a little a little shit to me and her mom.

Hey, whatever lets you sleep at night brah...

[Superhero 8833]

27 minutes ago, Onboard 2.0 said:

Hey, whatever lets you sleep at night brah...

I sleep better at night knowing I don't use the work "brah" as an adult.

[Anwar Namtut 344]

I just checked. They're still shitheads.

[Onboard 2.0 9083]

15 minutes ago, Superhero said:

I sleep better at night knowing I don't use the work "brah" as an adult.

It doesn't word for you ?

[Superhero 8833]

It words for me just fine broseph. 

[mulletpelini 5214]

fuck, my kid is set if I don't kill take him out first.

Edited January 14, 2022 by mulletpelini
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[RPM 26329]

If this is true, I'm Albert fuckin Einstein.

[SHOOTER12 8816]

I guess I lowered my kids intelligence level then. After several sarcastic remarks his teenagers they wound up with several knots upside the head and bingo, no more smart ass sarcasm.

[crash_davis 23114]

Yay, I'm intelligent as fuck, for a teenager, except I'm a man. Come at me, bro!