好朋友越刻薄、你就越聰明？我大概需要一個謝耳朵…

You might want to stop rolling your eyes at your friend that is always making snarky sarcastic comments, because, chances are,they』re smarter than you.

如果你很想對身邊老是發表刻薄或諷刺言論的朋友翻白眼的話，最好別這麼做，因為他們有可能比你更加聰明。

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Whether you』re making an inside joke or judgmental comment, sarcasm is typically frowned upon.

不管你是開朋友圈裡的玩笑還是議論別人，諷刺總是令人不悅的。

Some people don』t get it, others can feel offended by it, and even though kids often hear their parents participating in sarcastic banter they get yelled at when they try to use it.

有人聽不明白，有人會因此感覺被冒犯，甚至很多小孩會因為模仿大人發表一些戲謔性的言論而被罵。

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However,sarcasm exercises the brain, both for the person dishing it out and the people interpreting it.

然而，諷刺的運用可以鍛煉我們的大腦，不管是對出言諷刺的人還是接收諷刺信息的人。

So, you might want to make sure that you have at least one sarcastic friend, because they can help you become smarter.(Friends that aren』t sarcastic can also be beneficial to your health, here』s how.)

所以你身邊可能需要至少一個擅長於諷刺的朋友，因為他們可以幫助你變得更加聰明（但不擅長諷刺的朋友也對你的健康有益，接著看就知道為什麼）

「Sarcasm is related to our ability to understand other people』s mental state. It』s not just a linguistic form, it』s also related to social cognition,」

Dr. Shamay-Tsoory, a psychologist at the Rambam Medical Centre in Haifa and the University of Haifa told Pucker Mob.

以色列海法醫院和海法大學的心理學家莎梅教授說：「諷刺的運用跟我們能否理解他人心境的能力有關，這不僅是一種語言形式，也是社會認知的一部分。」

Sarcasm can make you smarter because it engagesvarious cognitive skillsin different parts of the brain. These parts include the same that help us to interpret language, recognize emotions, and understand social cues.

諷刺讓人更聰明，因為它涉及到大腦中不同部位的多種認知能力，這些部位也負責幫助我們理解語言，感受情緒以及獲得社交提示。

When your brain first hears a sarcastic comment it goes throughthree stagesto understand it.

當你的大腦接收到諷刺言論後，需要花三個階段來理解它。

First,the language section in the braininterprets the literal meaning of the word or words.

首先，大腦中的語言中樞去理解這些言論的字面意思。

Then,the frontal lobes and right hemispherebreak down the intention of the speaker and look at things such as body language, tone of voice, and facial expression to interpret differences between the actual meaning of the word and this specific social context of the word.

然後大腦額葉和右半球將說話人的意圖分解，結合肢體語言、語調和表情等因素來區分這些話的真正意思和特定的社會情境。

And lastly, theright ventromedial prefrontal cortexmakes a decision on whether or not the comment is sarcastic based off of our social and emotional interpretation.

最後再由右額葉皮層根據我們的社會和情感釋義來判斷這是不是諷刺性的話語。

Now, when the person close to you accidentally hears the sarcastic comment that you whispered under your breath,

現在如果身邊朋友再無意間聽到你小聲說的那些諷刺言論的話，

you can apologize and say, 「Sorry, I was just trying to make us both a little smarter.」 Another sign of smarts:laughing at these dark jokes.

你可以向他道歉然後說：「不好意思，我只是想讓我們倆都變得更聰明。」還有個聰明的做法就是：對這些腹黑的小笑話一笑而過。

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ref：http://www.rd.com/funny-stuff/sarcasm-makes-you-smarter/

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