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this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2023
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It's really nice to see genuinely thoughtful comments on lemmy. It's definitely a refreshing change from the endless streams of tired, overused jokes that dominate that other site.
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edit: do we really have to copy the '/s' for sarcasm?
@Hank It's just a nice thing in text based communication in general, as there are no tone or body cues to indicate sarcasm.
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I know but it so oftens ruins a joke if you are so focused on eliminating any ambiguity that the original purpose of your statement is lost.
Came here to say this.
I don't like tone indicators, but they're meant to help, among others, autistic people who have a hard time understanding tones
No, no we do not.
I hope so but it seems the irony of my comment was lost to most readers until my edit.
The /s should remain a thing of the past. It’s embarrassing.