Man, infantilizing, condescending, and missing my entire point. Real hat trick, ya got there.
Thinking /s is telling people to laugh at your joke or a demand that they view it as funny is entirely on you and has nothing to do with the tag. The tag is there so that there isn’t confusion about what you’re saying. People telling others to use the tag usually comes from them being massively misunderstood and then saying “I was being sarcastic”.
“But that ruins the joke for me”. Question, do you deliver all of your sarcasm straight? Never use a tone when saying something sarcastic? Cause that is a thing, but it really only works if the audience knows who you are. The humor coming either from juxtaposing the idea against your nature, or from people knowing that most of the stuff coming out of your mouth is sarcastic. Most of the rest of the time, people use vocal tone to indicate their sarcasm. The tag is a stand-in for the tone. If the tone doesn’t ruin the joke, then the tag doesn’t either.
we all have a better time if we go with the assumption that the vast, vast majority of comments are entirely unserious
No joke, that’s how 4chan brought the nazis back. Chucklefucks thought it was hilarious to talk like nazis, and they made a safe space for nazis by doing so. Not everything is serious, but you don’t know where others are at in their lives. How does clarifying where you stand detriment anyone?
Man, infantilizing, condescending, and missing my entire point. Real hat trick, ya got there.
Thinking /s is telling people to laugh at your joke or a demand that they view it as funny is entirely on you and has nothing to do with the tag. The tag is there so that there isn’t confusion about what you’re saying. People telling others to use the tag usually comes from them being massively misunderstood and then saying “I was being sarcastic”.
“But that ruins the joke for me”. Question, do you deliver all of your sarcasm straight? Never use a tone when saying something sarcastic? Cause that is a thing, but it really only works if the audience knows who you are. The humor coming either from juxtaposing the idea against your nature, or from people knowing that most of the stuff coming out of your mouth is sarcastic. Most of the rest of the time, people use vocal tone to indicate their sarcasm. The tag is a stand-in for the tone. If the tone doesn’t ruin the joke, then the tag doesn’t either.
No joke, that’s how 4chan brought the nazis back. Chucklefucks thought it was hilarious to talk like nazis, and they made a safe space for nazis by doing so. Not everything is serious, but you don’t know where others are at in their lives. How does clarifying where you stand detriment anyone?