Satire and sarcasm are best used in the company of people who will understand it. It is not for use with the masses. When someone is sarcastic or uses satire o

Satire and sarcasm are best used in the company of people who will understand it. It is not for use with the masses. When someone is sarcastic or uses satire on you, you should take it as a complement, as it means they believe you have the intellectual capacity to grasp the joke, enough to take the risk in telling it to you. When you respond with sarcasm or satire of your own, it confirms to them that you have found common ground, and that your satire/sarcasm can slowly lift into even higher levels of wit, almost trying to outdo each other. When someone doesn’t get my satirical jokes, I write them off as a simpleton and use only small, safe jokes with them, if at all. If you are going to make a sarcastic joke publicly, it is best to also make sure there is some sort of external approval in the form of laughing or upvotes to go along with it, otherwise it can easily be misinterpreted as your own serious opinion.