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tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago

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tictac2@lemmy.world to Mildly Interesting@lemmy.world · 2 years ago
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    You might be able to easily spot sarcasm, but not everyone is blessed with that ability. Many autistic people, for instance, struggle to detect sarcasm. And comments being text only makes it harder. “/s” is an accessibility tool and implying that using these tools is “dumbing down” communication is honestly a very shitty move.

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      Beyond autism, that /s has become all the more necessary these days in the wake of this huge wave of anti-intellectualism. Outside of private circles, it’s so hard now to tell the difference between absurd sarcasm and the genuinely ignorant takes some people proudly share, there’s too much of an overlap between the two lol

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      Autistic person here, yeah I can’t read tone for shit through text sometimes, and especially online you never can tell if and when someone’s being serious.

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      Don’t worry, he didn’t mean it, he was obviously being sarcastic because no reasonable person actually dislikes the /s.

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        Yeah, right. /s

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      I’d argue that jokes not being written for everyone to understand/enjoy isn’t a matter of being wrong. It’s part of the entire subjectivity of comedy.

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      Idk. That was very obviously sarcastic. I wouldn’t care about the opinions of those who took it seriously.

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