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minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up30·2 months ago i think you might have dropped your “/s” homie. Damn, I really thought I didn’t need it. It kind of ruins the joke and I thought I made it clear enough
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe (assuming you are white) tipped me off.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 months agoFWIW, to me the comment read as sarcastic from start to finish.
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·2 months agoText doesn’t convey tone, and not everyone who reads what you write knows you personally. The /s doesn’t ruin the joke near as much as the person who thinks you are being serious does when they raise a shit-fit over it.
Damn, I really thought I didn’t need it. It kind of ruins the joke and I thought I made it clear enough
The (assuming you are white) tipped me off.
FWIW, to me the comment read as sarcastic from start to finish.
Text doesn’t convey tone, and not everyone who reads what you write knows you personally. The /s doesn’t ruin the joke near as much as the person who thinks you are being serious does when they raise a shit-fit over it.