I hate to see that damned sarcasm tag just for the sake of the few dumb asses who wouldn’t know sarcasm if it took its clothes off and did a merry jig in front of their faces. It ruins the effect.
I agree. To be truly effective, the best sarcasm should leave you wondering for a second or two. The sarcastic phrase should be a good imitation of the actual phrase people use. Then you should realize the sarcasm illustrates the stupidity of the commonly used phrase.
The sarcasm tag is like having to say, “here is the punch line” every time you tell a joke.
With the high volume of ridiculously stupid and off-the-wall comments being made on this site over the past few months or so, you really need to make it clear that you're joking or being sarc. Because, as I said earlier, I've seen comments here recently that months ago I would have thought surely were attempts at sarcasm, only for them to turn out to be dead serious. And things only seem to be getting worse. Sure it take away from the joke aspect. But better that than folks getting a false impression about you (anyone), especially in this highly charged election year climate.