• teft@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    Lack of a sarcasm indicator on the internet will have people assume you’re not being sarcastic. Use /s if you’re truly being sarcastic otherwise people are just going to assume you’re backtracking because you didn’t like the downvotes.

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      1 month ago

      Yes I often do use that but people’s lack of ability to see sarcasm shouldn’t mean a sarcastic commenter did something wrong. Sometimes people are just dense and reactionary

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        1 month ago

        Some people are on the spectrum and don’t necessarily notice context clues. Better to just add a sarcasm tag and not cause confusion. You do you but I’ll continue to mark my sarcasm.

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          1 month ago

          Like I said I often do. Usually people get it if I don’t. When they don’t, it seems more of a case of 1-2 people not getting it and then others piling on without even reading