Why Sarcasm Works
4 min readNov 7, 2020
For anyone over about the age of 9, undergoing a tonsillectomy can be a major ordeal. I’ve heard tales of adults who are essentially incapacitated by the procedure for a month or longer. Compare that to younger children, particularly those 5 and younger, who can bounce back in a few days, and be completely healed in under two weeks.
When my oldest daughter was 13 years old, she had to have her tonsils removed. We knew it would be…