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[–] 34 points 3 years ago (15 children)

Nah, I still use it. You have to. The tone of voice is non existent. Sarcasm is indistinguishable from stupidity. It's impossible to tell and be right all the time without /s. It's just responsible posting to include it.

Without it, if your sarcastic enough often enough, you'll run into people who unironically agree with you on whatever you've sarcastically said. /s reminds those people who agree with whatever you've said that they are stupid.

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  • [–] 6 points 3 years ago* (7 children)

    How do you suppose every piece of literature to ever employ sarcasm got on without /s?

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  • [–] 7 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    They don't have to, since it's a one-way medium instead of a conversation. Even if they did get misinterpreted, how are they gonna find out? Some disgruntled reader mailing them a letter?

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  • [–] 4 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    They use more words, carefully constructed phrasing, and a better vocabulary.

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  • [–] -2 points 3 years ago* (1 child)

    You don't have to do shit. If I'm gonna write a sarcastic comment, the joy is in knowing that some people will just think I'm a fucking moron. People who get it will relate. Others won't. The world will spin. I'm not writing sarcasm in a public broadcast built for mass audiences. It's a specific communication for a specific audience. If someone doesn't get it, tough shit for them...

    The real useful one is /gen when ppl need to know you're NOT joking.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Without it, if your sarcastic enough often enough, you’ll run into people who unironically agree with you on whatever you’ve sarcastically said.

    That's literally the point of sarcasm. If you don't want people to get confused, don't write the opposite of what you mean.

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  • [–] 3 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I disagree. I'm not trying to trick people. I use it to illustrate the stupidity of opposing positions. It's rhetorical. It's not designed to get people who think I'm serious cheering me on, at least, not forever.

    Similar to parody, it's only funny if people are brought in on the joke. If Sasha Baron Cohen wasn't a well known comedian making a comedy movie, Borat wouldn't be funny and would fall flat on making any sort of point. It would just be like a documentary made by a pitiful idiot.

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