

A basic building block to humor is a subversion of expectations. Sarcasm is just stating things as the opposite of the intended meaning. Sarcasm is, in essence, the base level that most humor is built upon, and because of that is looked down on because it is “easy mode.”







It used to be against the terms that the businesses signed with the credit card companies. This allowed CC companies to build up their market share while offloading the blame. Then in 2013 a lawsuit ended with them not being able to enforce that.