Tips for Dealing with Unhealthy Thoughts

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Our mind is a battlefield, and every day is a battle that needs to be won. We make decisions whether for our family, for our job, relationship, and ourselves. Sometimes, we struggle, experience anxiety, and our stress level increases, affecting our healthy decision-making and thinking. Is it normal that people feel unhealthy … Read more

What is the Difference Between Irony, Satire, and Sarcasm

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Irony, Satire, and Sarcasm may seem like close cousins, but there are a few differences between these rhetorical terms. If you aren’t sure what your friends and class fellows label your jokes to be, you might want to read till the end of this article. We explain the key differences between irony, … Read more

Why Does Sarcasm Hurt?

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Sarcasm is a double-layered expression — of playfulness, passive-aggressiveness, or awkwardness — which on the surface indicates that the person’s acts and statements are neutral, but the second layer beneath the surface signifies aggression. Sarcasm is passive-aggressive by definition. And not everyone can always detect the subtle irony at play. Only a … Read more

Who Is Ice Cube?

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The American Rap Music is one of the most controversial yet popular music of all times. The industry is on a persistent rise with new rappers joining in daily. Some of the top rappers of all times include Wiz Khalifa, Eminem, Snoop Dog, and others as well. Among some of the top … Read more

What is Sarcasm?

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Sarcasm Sarcasm means to taunt or ridicule someone in an ironic way — either for comedic effect or express passive aggressiveness or slyness. In the paragraphs that follow, this relationship is explored at length. But first a bit of etymology. The word ‘sarcasm’ comes from the Greek words “sark,” meaning “flesh” and … Read more