• Seraph@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    To me it’s born out of this moment: “Wait, will someone see this joke and think I’m serious? If they did they’d think I’m a psycho…”

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      1 year ago

      People on Reddit are scared of downvotes affecting their karma score, so they have to tag controversial comments to make it absolutely clear if their comment is sarcasm.

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      1 year ago

      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.