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Journalist does everything possible to avoid calling this what it clearly is (chaser.com.au)

submitted 4 days ago by Garibaldee@lemm.ee to c/theonion@midwest.social

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[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I've found online that /s is almost always needed. May take a bit from the joke but also, clarifies for everyone that you are not actually being an asshole when you can't visibly roll your eyes and use the proper "sarcasm inflection"

[–] aaron@lemm.ee -2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I've found that people who can't detect obvious sarcasm are probably not worth the effort of explaining it

[–] astropenguin5@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

Tbh one of the things that makes detecting sarcasm vs actually just defending him hard is that normally you can use prior knowledge of a persons opinions to help, but here I have no clue who you are and what your positions are and you might just be a random Nazi.

If you really don't like just having the /s there, one options is to include a spoiler and put the /s in there a few lines down.

[–] DashboTreeFrog@discuss.online 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

Fair. I've spent most my life working with the neurodivergent community, so even IRL I know some very intelligent people need a bit of help with implied meaning. I know I've had my fair share of "woosh" moments

[–] aaron@lemm.ee -1 points 3 days ago

Likewise. I appreciate your service