Sarcasm

If I say "good job," there is about a 50% chance that you actually didn't do a good job. In fact, you probably did a bad job. Sarcasm is one of my defining attributes, and I carry it with me all the time. I'm especially sarcastic with my family, although my parents have a hard time telling the difference between my sarcastic tone and my normal one. I think it's a teenager's thing to be sarcastic all the time, and that's why my parents don't understand it. It's also because I speak to them in English, which they only understand literally. Once my dad asked if I failed any classes last quarter. Knowing that it's almost impossible for me to "fail" any classes since school is important to me, I sarcastically replied, "Oh yeah. I failed a bunch. Sorry!" At that point, I realized he was getting angry and actually believed that I failed my classes, so I cleared up the misunderstanding and explained that I was "kidding" and I was "being sarcastic." He wasn't satisfied until I showed him my report card, though. Remind me not to do that again.

From an older person's perspective, sarcasm would be a sign of rudeness. Older people tend to take things more literally, so they are offending when someone is joking, even if they are only being sarcastic. For people my age, this manner of speaking is quite normal. In fact, a teenager with absolutely no sarcasm is hard to find. It's just a part of our culture.