bleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.deimagemessage-square45fedilinkarrow-up137arrow-down123
arrow-up114arrow-down1imageI have never seen ”/s” on lemmyfeddit.debleistift2@feddit.de to memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square45fedilink
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-21 year 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.
minus-squareLanthanae@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoIf that were holistically true the concept of a “sarcastic tone” wouldn’t exist in verbal speech.
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·1 year agoYes, the /s and sarcastic tone both exist and are used by people.
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.
If that were holistically true the concept of a “sarcastic tone” wouldn’t exist in verbal speech.
Yes, the /s and sarcastic tone both exist and are used by people.