Chapter 205 ridicule with irony

In social situations, unpleasant incidents such as being ridiculed by others are inevitable. If you don't want to suffer from being dumb, you can deal with it by repaying others in the same way. The famous Danish writer Andersen is a person who can calm down in embarrassment. He can refute according to the other party's words, so that those who make difficult problems for themselves fall into embarrassment. Andersen lived a frugal life. He devoted most of his energy to writing, never paying attention to clothes or pursuing fashion.Once, Andersen was walking on the street wearing an old hat. A rich man laughed at him and said, "What is that thing on your head? Can it be called a hat?" A large group of people stood beside them, and everyone laughed. You have to lean forward and backward. "Ha, this time Andersen is a failure. Let's see what he will do?" The rich man who taunted him was even more triumphant, putting on an arrogant face.

But this did not bother Andersen, he paused for a moment, and immediately said something that shocked people.Guess what he answered? Andersen calmly pointed at the rich man and replied, "What's that thing under your hat? Could it be a head?" Suddenly, the laughter stopped, and after a while, people burst into laughter again. At this time, the rich man blushed and had a thick neck, and could not speak a word.Andersen used the other party's words to fight back, so that he could get out of the embarrassment, but the rich man ended up being ridiculed by everyone, and he never dared to make jokes about Andersen again.

After analyzing the opponent's logic and conclusion, Andersen did not make a positive refutation, but deduced and extended it as a premise, leading the opponent to an obviously absurd conclusion, thus proving the opponent's absurdity from the opposite. George Bernard Shaw's "The Pygmy Girl" was ready to be staged.He sent two tickets to Churchill with a short note: "Dear Sir Winston, here are two theater tickets. I hope you can bring a friend to watch the performance of my book "The Flower Girl". First show, if a man like you can have friends." Churchill replied: "Dear Mr. Bernard Shaw, I have been given two theater tickets, thank you. Because my friend and I have an appointment, it is inconvenient to watch the first performance of "The Flower Girl". If your play There will also be a second game."

A satirical politician has only opponents but no friends; a mocking dramatist has short-lived works.There is fun in the ridicule, and there is play in the joy. Irony must be measured.Irony should not be used casually, and it is necessary to distinguish between objects and occasions.As far as the motives of sarcasm are concerned, there are good and bad intentions.The irony of the enemy should be tit-for-tat and merciless; while the irony of ordinary people should be a kind ridicule. By ironic words, the intention is to arouse the vigilance of the other party, and it is definitely not to make a fool of the other party and make fun of the other party.Don't even think that you can be ironic, so you challenge everywhere, and if you don't like it, you can sneer at others and slander others.This not only hurts other people's feelings, but also isolates yourself and is not conducive to network development.

Irony is like a double-edged sword, it can benefit you or hurt you.Used properly, it is a sharp weapon, and used improperly, it will become a "troubleshooting card".