@bleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.deimagemessage-square123fedilinkarrow-up1730arrow-down1242
arrow-up1488arrow-down1imageI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.de@bleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square123fedilink
minus-squareNeatolinkfedilink19•2 years ago/s is an excellent modifier for sarcasm. There’s no tone in text and bold/italic can only do so much. And with how many absolute crackpots are posting all over the internet, I’d prefer to be sure to not lump in a jokester with the absolute nutjobs.
minus-squareSeraphlinkfedilink0•2 years agoTo me it’s born out of this moment: “Wait, will someone see this joke and think I’m serious? If they did they’d think I’m a psycho…”
minus-square@Bluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilink-1•edit-22 years agoAm i wooshing myself?? That is literally the point of sarcasm. People legitimately wanted to murder Jonathan Swift. If you write “/s”, just write the direct unironic statement in the first place.
/s is an excellent modifier for sarcasm. There’s no tone in text and bold/italic can only do so much. And with how many absolute crackpots are posting all over the internet, I’d prefer to be sure to not lump in a jokester with the absolute nutjobs.
To me it’s born out of this moment: “Wait, will someone see this joke and think I’m serious? If they did they’d think I’m a psycho…”
Am i wooshing myself??
That is literally the point of sarcasm. People legitimately wanted to murder Jonathan Swift.
If you write “/s”, just write the direct unironic statement in the first place.