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Maybe sarcastic people should stop inventing shit ideas ironically for a minute while we clean up this mess.
Sarcasm and parody were tools used against corrupt oppressors for centuries. The problem is, it requires education, context, and the capacity for abstract thought to process and understand. If everyone requires we put “/s” after everything, then they are just taking everything at face value without any attempt at critical thinking or reading between the lines. Which I guess is why we are where we are today.
I quite agree, and I tend to resent and resist the tag unless the sarcasm would otherwise rely on tone or delivery, in which case why write it at all.
I think the internet has spawned a nascent global culture, and while that is still taking shape we are often left feeling as if we share insufficient context with one another to form an understanding. We'll grow together as a global culture in time I hope and trust, but in the meantime I think it's an error to rely on low-context modes of communication. It is a crutch, and it only perpetuates the distance between us.
What? You mean you don't want a Tournament Nexus?
Yeah
Power in a state should be based on how good you are at not being sarcastic and caught saying something sarcastic should be given the death penalty
I'm really starting to feel that way lmao
But they aren't in a position of power to change anything. Maybe if we lived in a sarcastocracy though