• ummthatguy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    91·
    17 days ago

    Is that the count from the EA “sense of accomplishment” post concerning Battlefront unlockable content?

  • 9point6@lemmy.world
    17·
    17 days ago

    No

    “/s” is the equivalent of ending a quip with a “haha geddit? haha”

    If it’s not clear you’re joking or being sarcastic, perhaps the line isn’t very good in the first place

    • mirshafie@europe.pub
      9·
      17 days ago

      I choose to believe that there’s a strong correlation between being a downvoter and being an unimaginative, humorless bore.

    • samus12345@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      Sarcasm is very reliant on tone, which can’t be conveyed via text. Intensifiers like “totally” or “definitely” can help, but there are so many horrible people out there now that Poe’s Law can make it hard to tell what the true intent is. “/s” has value.

    • cynar@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      16 days ago

      It’s a combination of factors. Language/cultural barriers are a big one. What is obviously sarcasm in your area of the world won’t necessarily make sense in another. Add in English as a second language, and it’s a crap shoot, even with an obvious joke.

      The lack of tonal queues is also a problem. We communicate a lot via voice tone and body language. Without them, what is obvious to you can be read completely differently.

      The last is the elephant in the room. Bigots dog whistling. I’ve seen too many “obviously sarcastic” jokes that are very much not sarcastic in a different group. When those people get called out, they fall back on “it’s just a joke”, the armour of arseholes the world over. By adding the /s preemptively, you rob them of cover to spread hate. It’s a variant of the nazi bar problem.

      • prole
        4·
        17 days ago

        Then that’s on them. I’m not going to compromise the humor in something just to reach the lowest common denominator

    • TankovayaDiviziya@lemmy.world
      2·
      16 days ago

      And in Ireland and UK, we’re all a sarcastic bunch. It’s “a you problem” if the person can’t get sarcasm. I refuse to add /s for the rest of the serious world!

    • dangrousperson@feddit.org
      22·
      17 days ago

      While the other response is pretty funny if you know what it means, its entirely unhelpful if you don’t.

      /s = sarcasm

    • LuckyFogic@kbin.earth
      17·
      17 days ago

      It’s to clarify when people are being serious. Sometimes tone is hard to determine over text, so people started using it to show that there is no inner joke, double meaning, or meta humor at play.

      I’m seriously, you guys.

      /s

    • Farid@startrek.website
      5·
      17 days ago

      The / here is the closing tag indicator, meaning “ends here” and s is “sarcasm”, so “sarcasm ends here”. If there’s text beyond that point, it’s no longer sarcastic.

    • PrimeMinisterKeyes@leminal.spaceEnglish
      2·
      16 days ago

      Once upon a time, it used to denote “sarcasm” in Reddit comments. At least 10 years ago, IME, it turned into “sorry for my lame attempt at a joke.”

  • Saapas@piefed.zipEnglish
    11·
    17 days ago

    Reddit has gotten real dumb, even more so than before. Even in circlejerk subreddits people are taking stuff at face value.

  • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
    8·
    16 days ago

    I refuse the add the /s. Each time someone doesn’t get it I crank the sarcasm up a notch, trying to make it more painfully obvious. Those who still won’t get it shall serve as comedy fodder for the rest of us who do.

    • bridgeburner@lemmy.world
      5·
      16 days ago

      Problem with omitting the /s often is, that you can’t differentiate between satire and real idiocy. Especially in current times, where more often than not it is the latter, and you don’t want to make a potential idiot thinking he’s right.

      • AeonFelis@lemmy.world
        3·
        16 days ago

        But that’s the best part! You drag the idiot along to the extreme end of the line of thought you are sarcasting. Hopefully they’d walk way past the end of the cliff by the time they look down prompting gravity to do its thing.

      • Evil_Shrubbery@thelemmy.club
        2·
        16 days ago

        Yes, Lemmy wouldn’t be the same place(/places?) & I would miss it, but at the same time all those millions of ppl wouldn’t be on other platforms, which I think is a net win.

  • Avicenna@programming.dev
    3·
    16 days ago

    I leave sarcastic comments all the time, they are generally well received. On the otherhand “lol joke” is generally a failed attempt at trolling and not a very valid sarcasm.