Have you been labeled “sarcastic”? Then get ready for some good news. It turns out that the mental gymnastics required to successfully process sarcasm are of the very type that extremely smart and creative people must employ on a regular basis and that regular exposure to it can increase creativity and problem solving.

Essentially, while a straightforward remark requires only basic comprehension, sarcastic remarks require multiple levels of comprehension — that is the listener must bear in mind the experiences, viewpoints, and biases of whoever is speaking and assimilate the information into the analysis of what’s being said.