{"id":3229,"date":"2017-03-14T11:56:03","date_gmt":"2017-03-14T15:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sixseeds.patheos.com\/askshaunti\/?p=3229"},"modified":"2017-11-07T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2017-11-07T18:08:33","slug":"6-reasons-sarcasm-kills-relationships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/askshaunti\/2017\/03\/6-reasons-sarcasm-kills-relationships\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Reasons Sarcasm Kills Relationships"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><div class=\"patheos-gallery\"><div class=\"gallery-image-container\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.patheos.com\/blogs\/sites\/392\/2017\/03\/iStock_2276919_LARGE-1024x683-550x550.jpg\" alt=\"6 Reasons Sarcasm Kills Relationships-0\" class=\"img-responsive\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gallery-blurb\"><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"http:\/\/wp.sixseeds.production.patheos.com\/askshaunti\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2017\/03\/iStock_2276919_LARGE.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3230\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There are two types of people in the world: those with the quick zinger and the envious wannabes. I\u2019ve always wished I was more quick-witted at pulling out the perfect sarcastic remark when joking with my friends. But I don\u2019t have the sarcasm gene! Even my attempts to trash talk during family game night are lame.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, though, I\u2019ve seen \u201cthe perfect zinger\u201d in a completely different light. The results from the research for my newest book <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Kindness-Challenge-Thirty-Improve-Relationship\/dp\/1601421222\" target=\"_blank\" class=\" decorated-link\" rel=\"nofollow\">The Kindness Challenge<\/a><\/em>\u00a0showed that even good-natured sarcasm can take a heavy, secret toll. 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