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I have never seen ”/s” on lemmy (feddit.de)
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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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