What we should know about Sarcasm, bullying and in between

There is a thin line between sarcasm and bullying some people oftenly cross for fun.

Sarcasm is known to be used as a coping mechanism for so many reasons, and it is mainly built on irony that is presented with the right amount of humor. It is mostly used as a funny and polite way to phrase harsh truth, and sometimes can be used to mean the opposite of what is said as an intentional form of irony. Also, it can be brutal sometimes but within limits and enough dose of respect.

However, some people started to cover up their bullying and aggressive behavior in general with sarcasm claiming that if you only got offended then it is your fault; they try to make it out as if it is your fault that you got offended by a joke or a pun they were playing on you when they were intentionally mean and offensive to you.

As it is stated and known, irony is not always intentional, but sarcasm is. So, if you used sarcasm to cover up for mean content then you cannot justify it by natural humor, because humor is a gift of God's to make humans laugh, and bullying was never funny to any sane person.

You cannot be too sensitive if you feel hurt or offended by any comment you have received, then you most probably are, but you are surrounded by a wrong crowd that does not respect your feelings enough to admit that you are hurt. You are like many others, surrounded by cowards that rather roast your flesh to make a joke out of you instead of coming to you bravely about what they think of you; because deep down they know that you do not care about what they think of you, so, the only way to get to you and hurt you is by laughably threading their thoughts of you by the rest of the wrong crowd.

Lately, both sarcasm and bullying got mixed up because of bullies hiding behind the funny mask of sarcasm, your friends would mistake you for bullying when you actually are not, but they would accept bad language from the actual bullies just because they made them laugh. However, being funny does not spare you from being rude and offensive, and you should carry the responsibility for knowing what is to joke about and what is not in order to prevent any bullying activity, just because you laugh does not mean it is OK. Yes, memes are funny and can be another coping mechanism for the issues we yet do not have a resolution for, but some seriously sensitive matters we cannot joke about just to blend in with social media new trends, because cyberbullying is a dangerous thing, whether we admit it or not. Most of the millennials are highly affected by what they see and deal with online, and the smallest of opinion gets to them, and that is where bullies make their move and continue to unless they are stopped or well directed.

And vice versa, if someone is hurt by something you said or done, you do not get to say otherwise, you do not get to control nor change what people feel. You cannot take back what you said or did, but you can always be mature enough to own up to the consequences and apologize for the harm you have caused.