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(Insert sophmoric yet witty sarcastic comment about sarcasm here. Channel Chandler Bing as you do so).

When Jah went to Jamaica last year Jah found out (quickly) that sarcasm is big a no-no in the Rastafarian religion. Saying the opposite of what you mean is considered rude and disrespectful, and the Jamaicans I tried it with took me literally and stared wide-eyed at me with every attempt because they were so unfamiliar which such ritual acts of passive-aggression. Yesterday I also found out it was one of the "Four Horsemen of Doomed Relationships" from a co-worker (link). Im now grateful to a certain person in my life for prohibiting it early on in our relationship. I have to say that when I stopped doing it before, I only did it out of a rote and mechanical understanding that if I didnt stop it would be trouble from her and had some vague idea that she didnt like it for some reason. But its starting to sink in.

I hereby declare war on sarcasm.