bleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.deimagemessage-square319fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down1319
arrow-up1689arrow-down1imageI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.debleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square319fedilink
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·1 year ago Without it, if your sarcastic enough often enough, you’ll run into people who unironically agree with you on whatever you’ve sarcastically said. That’s literally the point of sarcasm. If you don’t want people to get confused, don’t write the opposite of what you mean.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·1 year agoIf you’re not trying to trick people, just say what you mean. Just stating something and writing “/s” doesn’t do anything to show it’s wrong. And Borat was met with tons of opposition and hate from people who thought he was serious!
That’s literally the point of sarcasm. If you don’t want people to get confused, don’t write the opposite of what you mean.
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If you’re not trying to trick people, just say what you mean. Just stating something and writing “/s” doesn’t do anything to show it’s wrong.
And Borat was met with tons of opposition and hate from people who thought he was serious!