The irony, however, is that today it's the left wing intellectuals who spread them.

The cynicism is astounding, to the point of proclaiming transparent lies, such as that they do not torture, but only use innovative information gathering methods.

Most cynically, in our case, annexation is carried out against a small and friendly neighbouring country by a permanent member of the Security Council.

What is unbelievably ironic is the period that we tried to depict in the film, the cry for democracy and social justice, repeats itself now again in Tehran.

Following, Stop sarcasm about Niqab.

That's kind of ridiculous. It's a total decoy.

Crowned Dilma Rousseff, President of Brazil.

But, they opted for circumcise .But why the derision of the Tunisian elections?

It's normal for almost every region here to make fun of a part of it's own people.

And Imad Khadduri posts a picture of some typical black humour

Amro Ali resorts to sarcasm to vent off

You know, the number one organ of ridicule nowadays, is the newspaper.

Predictably, the purists pounced and the critics ridiculed.

Between anger and sarcasm, Egyptian bloggers react to the ruling.

For Yasmine, black irony has become a daily sport.

Nadia Al Magd says pretty much the same thing pointing out that the sarcasm missed the point

Wait for the news in newspapers around the world and in foreign satire shows

Syria News Wire blog celebrates the Syrian activists that were captured aboard the ships and later returned home

Willis Fromtunis, shared caricatures to stress the irony of the situation

Some people use cynicism to evade moral responsibility.

That is why the elites in general are so quick to ridicule this movement.

Some with serious remarks, a few with questions and some with irony.

This is a man ... one must work and campaign with.

This raises another concern.

This infuriates China.

The controversial nomination of 'Doctor No'

And of course, who could escape the irony of a member of Rupert Murdoch's News Corp.

This raises an interesting point.

It's produced to get sulfur out of gasoline which I find is somewhat ironic.

Europeans like to sneer at American political jamborees as being hopelessly vulgar.

Finally netizens decided to take the president's historical expropriations to a whole new cosmic level

Almost all of the coverage is negative, and they have even started mocking us.

Indeed, the following video demonstrates that the mockery goes beyond Tehran s alleged fifth generation fighter.

With memes, tweets, songs and jokes, the Lebanese internet exploded with disbelief, outrage, or just plain old sarcasm.

Ridicule of Pangloss's theories thus ridicules Leibniz himself, and Pangloss's reasoning is silly at best.

Sami wanted to impress Layla.

Oil stirs great popular fascination.

The success of the Swedish approach is not so surprising.

The silence of Arab governments in particular is hitting a raw nerve.

R Kengadharan raises these questions for the Malaysian government

In my defense, I'd say, as naive as this may sound, it's ultimately grounded in cynicism.

It shows the nature of discussions at the highest reaches of the G 8.

It is now also used to mock newbies, or newcomers, on web sites, or in gaming communities.

It's about passion, and what excites our spirit and our energy.

Sami really wanted to impress Layla.