"He knew all the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire."
“It is a shame people cannot recognize humor or sarcasm anymore.”
Well, there is humor, and there is sarcasm; and then there is stupidity.
"He knew all the tricks: dramatic irony, metaphor, bathos, puns, parody, litotes and satire."
Imagine that? Ratings-seeking media/political talking heads saying outrageous things on TV news programs.
That would never happen here!