• KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.de
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    14 days ago

    That comment was a joke, they were imitating the sarcasm of the original reply to the subway, from the point of view of an anti-homeless organization only looking to “deal” with the homeless, perhaps using your comment as an excuse to do so.

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      14 days ago

      Honestly hard to tell what level of sarcasm we’re on. As in either, “Haha, that’s how they would reply” or jokingly dismissing what I said as stupid/hypocritical with my sentence twisted. People here usually use “/s” to denote that the prior wasn’t serious.

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        14 days ago

        the “use our suggestion box” wasn’t so much a hint as a giant sign in flashing neon lights

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          You’d be surprised how many people talk like that. It’s a common way to make fun of someone.

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        Unfortunately, adding a cringey “/s” takes all the fun out of sarcasm. It’s better not to flag it and let the reader be responsible for detecting the sarcasm, at the cost of occasionally being misunderstood.