Everyday I’m a little bit more surprised by just how many people on lemmy seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm regardless of whether it’s funny or not… and I don’t say that out of judgement or to make anyone feel bad, I’m honestly just really surprised… but it is teaching me to be more aware of it outside the internet as well
The is a small window of time during the growth of a website where just enough cool people join it to offset the weirdos. That is the time when you’ll have the most fun browsing it. Too many of them and your mother starts using the website. Clearly Lemmy lacks cool people at the moment.
From my experience, some cultures are contextual and thus sarcasm and irony is part of their mindset and language. The vast majority of the world isn’t like that though, and so most people can’t read or tell something is a joke. It’s especially harder to tell sarcasm on text.
I have learned a great deal about various people on the web but especially on reddit/lemmy. Among others that I may also belong to some demographic. I am more willing to give everyone a benefit of doubt and also I know that sometimes we just look for an online fight and that is the only point of some of the comments. Or affirmation and feel good for someone sharing our view.
It is an easy, zero resistance way to bury some things quickly, before you collapse from panic attack in a long supermarket queue.
It only makes sense that the social media are extremely grating on the eyes to browse.
So when next time someone is making that snarky comment or is clearly looking for some drama, know that this is probably just another of those days when it is easy to grab a phone, write some shit. You are looking at milion workhours of unhappiness streamlined with modern javascript and parallel databases. We have all the technology but nothing of the common sense.
Everyday I’m a little bit more surprised by just how many people on lemmy seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm regardless of whether it’s funny or not… and I don’t say that out of judgement or to make anyone feel bad, I’m honestly just really surprised… but it is teaching me to be more aware of it outside the internet as well
You’re supposed to reply to an obvious joke, ironic statement or parody with “fake” to demonstrate that nothing gets past you.
fake
fake
It’s the overrepresentation of the 'tism
The is a small window of time during the growth of a website where just enough cool people join it to offset the weirdos. That is the time when you’ll have the most fun browsing it. Too many of them and your mother starts using the website. Clearly Lemmy lacks cool people at the moment.
The NYT itself classified this joke as “misinformation”
There’s a name for it: Poe’s Law
You must be new on the internet.
Nah, definitely a lot more common on Lemmy.
Are you joking or being sarcastic here? I’m confused.
Obviously joking.
/s
/s
It’s the tism, I have no other explanation
Edit: nvm another commenter had the same thought first 😂
From my experience, some cultures are contextual and thus sarcasm and irony is part of their mindset and language. The vast majority of the world isn’t like that though, and so most people can’t read or tell something is a joke. It’s especially harder to tell sarcasm on text.
I have learned a great deal about various people on the web but especially on reddit/lemmy. Among others that I may also belong to some demographic. I am more willing to give everyone a benefit of doubt and also I know that sometimes we just look for an online fight and that is the only point of some of the comments. Or affirmation and feel good for someone sharing our view. It is an easy, zero resistance way to bury some things quickly, before you collapse from panic attack in a long supermarket queue.
It only makes sense that the social media are extremely grating on the eyes to browse.
So when next time someone is making that snarky comment or is clearly looking for some drama, know that this is probably just another of those days when it is easy to grab a phone, write some shit. You are looking at milion workhours of unhappiness streamlined with modern javascript and parallel databases. We have all the technology but nothing of the common sense.