• @[email protected]
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    -175 months ago

    WTF is the point of making a joke, putting an idiot-“s” then a disclaimer?

    If someone takes you seriously that’s a Darwin award waiting to happen and the human race will improve slightly

    • @[email protected]
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      145 months ago

      I used to hate the /s but we live in a global world where there may be young people and non native english speakers reading these comments. What is an obvious sarcastic joke to you and I might get lost in translation and on a case like this where actual fatal consequences could follow the joke being misunderstood there’s no harm in the community self policing a little to help keep everyone safe and in the loop.

      • @B312
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        22 months ago

        As an ex-young person and a non native english speaker, definitely agree. Back when I was younger and on Reddit I have missed satire on many different jokes cause the intentions of commenters would be hard to deduce.

        Thankfully I wasn’t stupid enough to do something like put out an electric fire with water, but there has most definitely been a case of someone killing themselves because they couldn’t tell whether a comment was a joke or not.

        • @Pilferjinx
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          25 months ago

          It’s much more fun when no one understands it’s a joke. /s btw

        • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet
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          15 months ago

          At the risk of getting obliterated with down votes like you are, I enjoyed your perspective and agree with you at the surface level.