Back Talk: A Tale of Self Deprecation

After listening to these two guys hurl sarcastic comments on the bus all the way back from the Cubs game, I started to think about the art of sarcasm.
It's a form of comedy that takes years to perfect and intelligence to maintain, but the most important kind of intelligence behind sarcasm is not social or factual, but emotional. Here's why:
MANY people I know use sarcasm daily. Several of them use it to mask insecurity and aggressiveness. Though their comments appear funny on the surface, they lack the emotional connection with those around them. Good comedy includes; bad sarcasm does not.
Sarcasm abuses wit. Those who truly use wit don't use other people as the fuel for their humor. They use the absurdities of events and actions instead. Self deprecation, satire, and camp connect with the audience instead of isolating them in the way that unintelligent sarcasm does. In conclusion, good comedy and humor comes not from the smart yet biting use of sarcasm but the intelligent emotional connection that a person makes with another.
That is why all good comedy stems from sadness. Sadness allows for the ability to understand people.

To those who continue to use biting sarcasm as a display of your intelligence, maybe I'm on to something??