Archived ¿Why do so many people need an "/s" to realize something is sarcasm? (AskVoat)
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Archived ¿Why do so many people need an "/s" to realize something is sarcasm? (AskVoat)
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[–] Vheissu_ 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Here is a theoretical example to drive the point home:
Say someone submits a news article titled: The NSA is spying on civilians
A comment without a sarcasm marker:
See the issue there? You don't know if the commenter is legitimately being serious or sarcastic. Adding a "/s" to the end will probably save the commenter a world of downvotes by showing they don't agree and they're trying to make light of the situation, sort of.
[–] Ralph_Malph 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
I have to ask -- is this an actual comment taken from somewhere? If so, was it actually sarcastic?
[–] Vheissu_ ago
Haha, no. I made that comment up. However, I have actually seen people post things like that before though. Especially when the whole Snowden situation was fresh and people had conflicting views on Snowden and the NSA's activities.