Comment by quapster 3 months ago [flagged] 1 comment quapster Reply throwworhtthrow 3 months ago "Snark is often conflated with cynicism, which is a troublesome misreading. Snark may speak in cynical terms about a cynical world, but it is not cynicism itself. It is a theory of cynicism.The practice of cynicism is smarm."From Tom Scocca's "On Smarm" essay, 2013https://www.gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-1476594977
throwworhtthrow 3 months ago "Snark is often conflated with cynicism, which is a troublesome misreading. Snark may speak in cynical terms about a cynical world, but it is not cynicism itself. It is a theory of cynicism.The practice of cynicism is smarm."From Tom Scocca's "On Smarm" essay, 2013https://www.gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-1476594977
"Snark is often conflated with cynicism, which is a troublesome misreading. Snark may speak in cynical terms about a cynical world, but it is not cynicism itself. It is a theory of cynicism.
The practice of cynicism is smarm."
From Tom Scocca's "On Smarm" essay, 2013
https://www.gawkerarchives.com/on-smarm-1476594977