You can’t even be sure you’re arguing with real idiots anymore, there’s a decent chance you’re just arguing with a prompt spat out by Claude or one of the GPTs intending to get you arguing in the comments
It helps, here on Lemmy, that there is no financial incentive to promote users being absolute shitheads; unlike certain other social media outlets (i.e. all of them).
Used to be that satire could be understood or determined from the context but not now. Satire is policy for some people. Always need to use /s to show that you are sane and rational.
It’s not just satire on the internet, it’s satire anywhere. It is now very clear that a good proportion of the public actually are that bad, so it is hard to tell if the person making the statement is saying it satirically or is actually one of those people
While thats also true, Im talking about reading comprehension, not Poe’s Law.
If you’re using "s, it indicates that it’s not something you’re actually saying. You’re quoting somebody else, including a hypothetical person that you’re satirising. It’s explicitly saying they’re not your real words.
That’s an issue of reading skill, and while we can certainly work to make writing more accessible for those that aren’t great at it, I don’t appreciate how people blame the writer for the treatment they receive for what is, at best, a mutual misunderstanding.
It’s gotten bad enough that I can say in the comment the person I am satirising, and again in a concluding statement. But without the ‘/s’, people still accuse me of being a monster for believing a heinous thing I deliberately used provocative language to describe.
“Imagine how much worse it would have been if it was women?”
(edit:)
— voters who choose GOP
Why do you choose to be a misogynistic dick when you could just shut your mouth?Alright, Gotcha, and I appreciate your position
The written word is tricky, it loses nuance
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Gotcha
To be fair, your response was entirely appropriate for actual misogyny. Sorry for the false alarm.
It’s great to see healthy interactions here
It’s so much better than the cesspit of neckbeards that is reddit!
Even the neckbeards are leaving reddit now
It’s mostly just bots
You can’t even be sure you’re arguing with real idiots anymore, there’s a decent chance you’re just arguing with a prompt spat out by Claude or one of the GPTs intending to get you arguing in the comments
I don’t normally upvote shit like…
But this, I upvoted everyone because I saw the whole fallout afterward and I like the interaction.
“Oops no fr I fucked up not indicating I was joking”
“Oh cool that’s all? Nbd.”
I’m here for that shit: if that’s what Lemmy was as a whole, the world would be a better place, legit.
Damned right
I think we forget to reinforce the positive, because we’re so used to being negative
It helps, here on Lemmy, that there is no financial incentive to promote users being absolute shitheads; unlike certain other social media outlets (i.e. all of them).
I can’t imagine.Can you mansplain?
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cheers, I abhor the ‘/s’ tag, but it would have clicked here.
Used to be that satire could be understood or determined from the context but not now. Satire is policy for some people. Always need to use /s to show that you are sane and rational.
Helps many neurodivergents follow and chuckle along
POV: When you attempt sarcasm without the tag: ⬆️
misogynist w a female cat? hmmm
I’m proud that the misogyny was called out so quickly and strongly. It should never be tolerated.
I wouldn’t elect you for any reason whatsoever.
oops, I dropped my
/sIf those "s were already in your comment, you shouldn’t have needed it :/ satire on the internet is getting harder to make I guess
It’s not just satire on the internet, it’s satire anywhere. It is now very clear that a good proportion of the public actually are that bad, so it is hard to tell if the person making the statement is saying it satirically or is actually one of those people
This is true
While thats also true, Im talking about reading comprehension, not Poe’s Law.
If you’re using "s, it indicates that it’s not something you’re actually saying. You’re quoting somebody else, including a hypothetical person that you’re satirising. It’s explicitly saying they’re not your real words.
That’s an issue of reading skill, and while we can certainly work to make writing more accessible for those that aren’t great at it, I don’t appreciate how people blame the writer for the treatment they receive for what is, at best, a mutual misunderstanding.
It’s gotten bad enough that I can say in the comment the person I am satirising, and again in a concluding statement. But without the ‘/s’, people still accuse me of being a monster for believing a heinous thing I deliberately used provocative language to describe.
ooof.