Like I just posted a comment that said something along the lines of “Long Live Chairman CEO Spaz” and I feel like I’m about to get downvoted to oblivion because idiots don’t understand sarcasm. I feel like the /s ruins the joke so I didn’t bother. I’m gonna keep the comment up with no sarcasm tag and see how many downvotes I can acquire.
What do you think? Do you use sarcasm tag?
I think a better way to convey the intended sarcasm is to make it hyperbole or exaggerated. I saw your comment and one would have to be pretty dense to not see the sarcasm, so you did that well.
this works until you come across people that actually think that hyperbole is normal. Every time you think “oh, they can’t be that idiotic…” that’s when the knuckledraggers take as a challenge.
Yeah fair point, I‘m actually writing comments like that sometimes which I feel like don‘t get my sarcasm across enough. I‘ve also misread sarcastic comments before myself.
I still don‘t like the /s, but it‘s up to the writers preference how important avoiding this is to them.