When i think of the target of sarcasm, I can't think of a time when they were happier or felt better about themselves after the sarcasm.

Well it is the lowest form of wit

Whitewash is a paint-like covering that was used to make a surface look nicer.

I don't think the intention of sarcasm is to elevate the target. At least, it's not when I'm using it. It's more of a way to either poke fun without being directly confrontational or a way to highlight the absurdity of an argument.

I think if the intention is to make someone happy, sarcasm is probably not the best tool.

Wow, what a great showerthought

I hate that saying.

Impersonations are the lowest form of wit

That, or Micheal McIntyre

Micheal McIntyre is decent. It's hip to hate him, but he's good at what he does and The Wheel is entertaining. Sure, I prefer Frankie Boyle & Stewart Lee, but generally McIntyre is alright - and a fuck sight better than the shite that passed for entertainment on Saturday night in the 90s

The word sardonic used to mean what we now use sarcastic for — verbally ironic. Sarcasm comes from the Greek "to tear flesh, bite the lip in rage, sneer" and meant “bitterly cutting or caustic” when it first entered English. For me, although I understand that hypothetically you could have sarcasm that doesn’t have this inherently negative bent to it, the word still retains a fair bit of its original connotation for good reason.

I think unfortunately we’ve lost a lot of that older meaning as it’s been crowded out by a more racially charged usage.

Prop comics gotta be below impressions.

I just don't like his style, the way he looks at the camera after each joke.

I agree with your last point, Roy Chubby Brown, Jim Davidson etc

What is with this plague of people butthurt about a specific thing that happened to them and then wildly over-generalizing in a post about it?