minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.world•I have never seen ”/s” on lemmylinkfedilinkarrow-up0·11 months agoBut that’s the point of sarcasm. Jonathan Swift got lots of death threats by mail after writing “A Modest Proposal,” and he expected it! If someone doesn’t want to risk being misunderstood, they should not write the opposite of what they mean. linkfedilink
minus-squareBluescluestoothpaste@sh.itjust.workstomemes@lemmy.world•I have never seen ”/s” on lemmylinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·11 months agoNot at all – it’s the people who use /s that are dumb. linkfedilink
But that’s the point of sarcasm. Jonathan Swift got lots of death threats by mail after writing “A Modest Proposal,” and he expected it! If someone doesn’t want to risk being misunderstood, they should not write the opposite of what they mean.