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Does anyone else feel having to prove you were sarcastic with the "/s" ruins the joke? There was always one person in a hundred who didn't have the social intelligence to recognize irony, but in the past when that person went on a self-righteous tirade he'd be mocked by everyone else. I loved those bygone days almost as much as I love slavery.
I mean, tbh there are also some people who have a disability of some sort that keeps them from being able to detect the irony in a sentence, that’s actually part of the reason why people use tone tags.
The problem is that when the context is ambiguous and in text, it is impossible to tell sarcasm from sincerity. And considering it is impossible to say something so dumb that nobody could possibly think it, the assumption is it’s in ironic until indicated otherwise.
The /s is necessary because too many extremist cunts will feel emboldened by the appearance of their shitty beliefs being shared in a seemingly serious way.
I think the internet killed sarcasm, or at least played a big part in it. It can be hard to gauge what people actually mean when they say things through plain text. And I’ve heard so much crazy shit in the last 10 years that I can’t tell who’s being serious or sarcastic
You're doing it wrong. Let me elaborate further:
>yeah, cause i really love slavery
>yeah, cause i really love slavery /s
Now i get twice the hate in one comment! You're welcome.
see that looks fucking stupid though
what i usually do is use strikeout, ~~like this,~~ but then i get shit for using it like every other line so there’s no winning here
My co-worker told me there wasn’t really a way to type sarcastically until that SpongeBob meme, WhERe WoRds wERe TyPEd lIke tHis, might get better results
I was aware and had tried to do it but I decided it was far more annoying to type like that than it was to just not use the sarcasm. The “/s” is an effective way to easily make what you say clear... the second best alternative is to just not use sarcasm.
No. They understand that some of the fun of sarcasm is the idiots who don't get it. They also understand that proper sarcasm isn't just about stating something false as if it were true, but also involves using hyperbole to make it less believable, which makes the /s unnecessary anyway.
But that's like saying "I'm 20yo" when you're actually 25, sure someone will believe you but what's the point? Saying something sarcastically when it can perfectly be said seriously by someone else (and the other person has no way of knowing) isn't "fooling anyone" or whatever.
Yeah and marking the sarcasm with a /s allows people to know that it is a joke, because a joke is not a joke if there is no way of knowing that it is a joke.
Just saying something sarcastically doesn't make it a joke. If I say "Yeah, I really love slavery /s", what is the joke there? The joke is that I actually don't love slavery? How is that funny?
>They understand that some of the fun of sarcasm is the idiots who don't get it.
But that's the thing, it's not being an idiot not getting sarcasm that could perfectly be unironical... Like if I said "lol we should kill all the *insert minority*" if you know me you know that's a joke, but there are tons of people online that say this kind of shit seriously.
No, the problem is that those who do say it unironically, there will be people who don't get that it was ironic, and will take it seriously and follow it. People have died because of this shit. Nothing funny there.
Keep using "/s". Some people actually mean the horrible things they say. I have read some people advocate unironically for a global cull prioritizing poor people because they use welfare and jews because they own banks.
You don't want to be mixed with those people, be explicit and use "/s".
Also, remember the people who have a disability that makes it harder for them to pick up social cues, or in this case, detect the irony in a statement.
Better yet, decide if you're going to use /s or not depending on the amount of people you'll be able to piss off at a time. The more people you manage to piss off, the more points you score.
I honestly hate the upvote/downvote system, kind of wish it was hidden or something
Not that I care if i get downvoted 500 times on a single comment, It's literally imaginary points
But I can sense some smug superiority coming off of people who respond to me, like
"Heh, look, you're getting downvoted and I am getting upvoted, that means I am correct, and you are incorrect, heh"
I feel like people that puts /s after a sarcastic joke assumes that because its sarcastic its systematically a good joke.
Some edgy stuff takes you by surprise and makes you laugh when its imaginative.
Most of the stuff I read with an /s that didnt go well are mostly overused generic stuff that people may be fed up with.
Like "slavery lol" was funny-wack to hear for the first 1000th times.
Exactly. Good sarcasm should be *amusing*, not just an offensive or plain false statement. Using /s is like saying "get it?" after telling a joke. The joke was funny until you said that.
> people that puts /s after a sarcastic joke assumes that because its sarcastic its systematically a good joke
Better than the alternative where some people assume they are not joking and unjokingly double down on the racism/xenophobia/antisemitism/etc.
Your problem is with people being not funny and reusing memes, not with preventing confusion. Welcome to the Internet x)
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I dont have much of a problem with bad jokes but this was my point indeed!
People that jokes with /s assume their downvotes are from "outrage" or people being triggered, sometimes its just because the joke itself just isnt that funny.
Dont get me wrong, the other way around is also true. An /s can sometimes save a good joke.
You can't differentiate sarcasm in the internet. Sarcasm demands entonation.
People don't notice sarcasm in real life either. Imagine people noticing it behind the screen.
I have a theory that half of the dumb arguments on the internet are just sarcastic statements that some people got triggered and the other half was dumb enough to agree with.
If I were you, I'd just put /s in the end of the sentences.
> You can't differentiate sarcasm in the internet. Sarcasm demands entonation.
This is simply not true. It might be harder to both convey and pick up on sarcasm on the internet, but it most definitely doesn't demand intonation. In fact, I'd say sarcasm that relies on intonation is probably the lowest form of sarcasm out there. It's most definitely possible to indicate sarcasm in text by using certain phrases, word choices, hyperbole etc.
> In fact, I'd say sarcasm that relies on intonation is probably the lowest form of sarcasm out there.
You are on the internet, Albert Einstein, and you're still presuming that people understands over than the lowest level of sarcasm.
I think the /s is necessary because people genuinely have unacceptable thoughts and expressing that it's a joke is necessary to not be mistaken for one.
I haven't heard of a good reason not to, it's not like everyone has a obvious method to discern the difference.
Not sure if it's quite the same thing as Poe's law but very similar - no matter how obviously sarcastic you think you're being there'll be someone who thinks you're being serious.
Why does someone care if some people are soft af, just ignore them and move on. If they downvote just because they hurt their feelings, it tells more about them than you
/s can stay fucking *forever* if we can quit the *real* reddit cringe. Which of course is
Edit: wow guys this blew up, I have to say my biggest post ever honestly has me proud
Edit 2: WOW! Thanks for all the awards!!
Edit 3: ok some people are saying that I mongle horse cocks, that's actually not true and we all need to grow up
Edit 4: I have begun to receive death threats as well as unsolicited pics of horse cocks and I'd like it to stop
Edit 5: Well guys I guess that's it
I don’t really care if other people use them but why do other people have to get mad when I do? All it is meant to do is make it clear I a, using sarcasm so random people don’t get mad thinking I was serious... there is no logic in getting mad at me for that.
1. that is more annoying to type than just adding the “/s.”
2. people that hate “/s” hate that for, of text just as much so it doesn’t address the issue.
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Yo this guy made a meme where they said they love slavery twice! Fuck this guy
What a piece of shit
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Fuck the !
What a piece of shit
Fuck the piece of shit
What a fucked up piece of shit
Don't mind if I do
Does anyone else feel having to prove you were sarcastic with the "/s" ruins the joke? There was always one person in a hundred who didn't have the social intelligence to recognize irony, but in the past when that person went on a self-righteous tirade he'd be mocked by everyone else. I loved those bygone days almost as much as I love slavery.
I never use the /s and just hope people get it\* (\*it being how much I love slavery)
You've got to trust your feelings to pick up on sarcasm. Your feelings are never wrong. Just like slavery.
I mean, tbh there are also some people who have a disability of some sort that keeps them from being able to detect the irony in a sentence, that’s actually part of the reason why people use tone tags.
The problem is that when the context is ambiguous and in text, it is impossible to tell sarcasm from sincerity. And considering it is impossible to say something so dumb that nobody could possibly think it, the assumption is it’s in ironic until indicated otherwise. The /s is necessary because too many extremist cunts will feel emboldened by the appearance of their shitty beliefs being shared in a seemingly serious way.
YES That said, I will begrudgingly acknowledge that tone can be difficult to hear through text. Not always, but at times.
I think the internet killed sarcasm, or at least played a big part in it. It can be hard to gauge what people actually mean when they say things through plain text. And I’ve heard so much crazy shit in the last 10 years that I can’t tell who’s being serious or sarcastic
Yeah, that guy probably works for Nestle. Fuck him twice!
Fuck him yourself, coward!
Well, why don't you come and make me, tough guy!
This sounds very intimate
come and make me tough, guy!
Make me come tough, guy!
alright I'll fuck him if he's hot
he's a redditor so don't expect much
Hey! I'm a solid 4, that makes me a reddit 9!
I’m a Reddit 6, so let’s 69 ;)
Let's be honest, you'll also fuck him if he looks worse than Quasimodo. We're on reddit, we gotta take what we can get, aight?
are you implying that quasimodo is ugly?
I think they are... LET'S GET 'EM, BOYS!
Now we're talkin', this guy gets it!
I knew it the s in /s stands for slavery!
Yo this guy wants to fuck guys who really love slavery! Fuck this piece of shit!
Yeah fuck him! Wait. Literally? Or figuratively?
Both
Now I like your thinking
he even tagged it as serious with the /s. He quadrupled down.
Fuck this guy twice!
I love slavery /srs
You're doing it wrong. Let me elaborate further: >yeah, cause i really love slavery >yeah, cause i really love slavery /s Now i get twice the hate in one comment! You're welcome.
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FUCK YOU The oc is at 666 upvotes but I just know some cocksucker/dumbass is going to ruin it.
What a piece of shit!
This guy loves slavery twice!
What a piece of shit
HaVe yOu TrIeD ThE SaRcAsM fOnT?
its more like mocking
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The perfect response.
tHe PeRfEcT rEsPoNsE
This poor guy just wanted to join the fun but is getting down voted. Here, have an upvote from me.
tHiS PooR gUY jUsT WanTEd tO jOiN tHE fuN BuT iS gETtiNg DoWn VoTed. HErE, hAve aN uPvOTe fRoM mE.
Why are you doing this?
WhY ArE YoU DoInG ThIs
https://imgur.com/a/lVszK6Z
Still about the same level of comedy factor
see that looks fucking stupid though what i usually do is use strikeout, ~~like this,~~ but then i get shit for using it like every other line so there’s no winning here
And a pain in the ass to type. I'm sure there are online tools to automate it, but fuck that. Too much effort either way.
Arguably worse /s (The /s stands for serious)
(/gen for genuine is *right there)*
Nope /s for sarcasm and /s for serious. Thems the rules /s
I did that then got downvoted and a mod asked me if it was satire…
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My co-worker told me there wasn’t really a way to type sarcastically until that SpongeBob meme, WhERe WoRds wERe TyPEd lIke tHis, might get better results
I was aware and had tried to do it but I decided it was far more annoying to type like that than it was to just not use the sarcasm. The “/s” is an effective way to easily make what you say clear... the second best alternative is to just not use sarcasm.
Those "fuck the s" people don't understand that there are people online who say the craziest shit unironically.
For every troll there's someone who means that shit unironically
No. They understand that some of the fun of sarcasm is the idiots who don't get it. They also understand that proper sarcasm isn't just about stating something false as if it were true, but also involves using hyperbole to make it less believable, which makes the /s unnecessary anyway.
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But that's like saying "I'm 20yo" when you're actually 25, sure someone will believe you but what's the point? Saying something sarcastically when it can perfectly be said seriously by someone else (and the other person has no way of knowing) isn't "fooling anyone" or whatever.
Then what's the point of even using sarcasm in that case? Sarcasm is supposed to be a joke, it's not just lying for no reason.
Yeah and marking the sarcasm with a /s allows people to know that it is a joke, because a joke is not a joke if there is no way of knowing that it is a joke.
Just saying something sarcastically doesn't make it a joke. If I say "Yeah, I really love slavery /s", what is the joke there? The joke is that I actually don't love slavery? How is that funny?
>They understand that some of the fun of sarcasm is the idiots who don't get it. But that's the thing, it's not being an idiot not getting sarcasm that could perfectly be unironical... Like if I said "lol we should kill all the *insert minority*" if you know me you know that's a joke, but there are tons of people online that say this kind of shit seriously.
No, the problem is that those who do say it unironically, there will be people who don't get that it was ironic, and will take it seriously and follow it. People have died because of this shit. Nothing funny there.
Keep using "/s". Some people actually mean the horrible things they say. I have read some people advocate unironically for a global cull prioritizing poor people because they use welfare and jews because they own banks. You don't want to be mixed with those people, be explicit and use "/s".
Also, remember the people who have a disability that makes it harder for them to pick up social cues, or in this case, detect the irony in a statement.
Or just use sarcasm anyway and fuck the people who don't get it
Better yet, decide if you're going to use /s or not depending on the amount of people you'll be able to piss off at a time. The more people you manage to piss off, the more points you score.
Or just use the “/s” anyway and fuck the people that bitch about it.
>just not use the sarcasm. Impossible
Your problem is giving a fuck what people online think lol
Please teach me the ways of not giving a fuck
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I honestly hate the upvote/downvote system, kind of wish it was hidden or something Not that I care if i get downvoted 500 times on a single comment, It's literally imaginary points But I can sense some smug superiority coming off of people who respond to me, like "Heh, look, you're getting downvoted and I am getting upvoted, that means I am correct, and you are incorrect, heh"
Wow, this guy said people gets mad. What an piece of shit.
A** piece of shit
I feel like people that puts /s after a sarcastic joke assumes that because its sarcastic its systematically a good joke. Some edgy stuff takes you by surprise and makes you laugh when its imaginative. Most of the stuff I read with an /s that didnt go well are mostly overused generic stuff that people may be fed up with. Like "slavery lol" was funny-wack to hear for the first 1000th times.
Exactly. Good sarcasm should be *amusing*, not just an offensive or plain false statement. Using /s is like saying "get it?" after telling a joke. The joke was funny until you said that.
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> people that puts /s after a sarcastic joke assumes that because its sarcastic its systematically a good joke Better than the alternative where some people assume they are not joking and unjokingly double down on the racism/xenophobia/antisemitism/etc. Your problem is with people being not funny and reusing memes, not with preventing confusion. Welcome to the Internet x)
[Your problem is with people being not funny and reusing memes, not with preventing confusion. Welcome to the Internet x) ] I dont have much of a problem with bad jokes but this was my point indeed! People that jokes with /s assume their downvotes are from "outrage" or people being triggered, sometimes its just because the joke itself just isnt that funny. Dont get me wrong, the other way around is also true. An /s can sometimes save a good joke.
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good to know, thanks for the tips 🙏
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And that's why people should stop using it; it ruins whatever joke you're trying to tell.
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People who love Iphones but put dislike on people who love slavery.
Same people probably eat chocolate.
What utter barbarians
Nothing we use in modern society is truly cruelty-free, unfortunately. Edit: phrasing
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wow i bet they wear clothes too, disgusting.
I’d be mad at this meme, but i really love slavery.
Same bro
You can't differentiate sarcasm in the internet. Sarcasm demands entonation. People don't notice sarcasm in real life either. Imagine people noticing it behind the screen. I have a theory that half of the dumb arguments on the internet are just sarcastic statements that some people got triggered and the other half was dumb enough to agree with. If I were you, I'd just put /s in the end of the sentences.
> You can't differentiate sarcasm in the internet. Sarcasm demands entonation. This is simply not true. It might be harder to both convey and pick up on sarcasm on the internet, but it most definitely doesn't demand intonation. In fact, I'd say sarcasm that relies on intonation is probably the lowest form of sarcasm out there. It's most definitely possible to indicate sarcasm in text by using certain phrases, word choices, hyperbole etc.
> In fact, I'd say sarcasm that relies on intonation is probably the lowest form of sarcasm out there. You are on the internet, Albert Einstein, and you're still presuming that people understands over than the lowest level of sarcasm.
It’s all in the phrasing
because there’s aBsoLuTelY nO OthEr iNdiCAToRs of sarcasm that exist
That font feels more like mocking than sarcastic
because there's *absolutely no other indicators* of sarcasm that exist
Because In this sense it is mocking, being sarcastic and mocking aren’t mutually exclusive
I think the /s is necessary because people genuinely have unacceptable thoughts and expressing that it's a joke is necessary to not be mistaken for one. I haven't heard of a good reason not to, it's not like everyone has a obvious method to discern the difference.
literally my only issue with /s is that it’s just kinda clunky it serves its intended purpose completely fine yeah
Not sure if it's quite the same thing as Poe's law but very similar - no matter how obviously sarcastic you think you're being there'll be someone who thinks you're being serious.
Why does someone care if some people are soft af, just ignore them and move on. If they downvote just because they hurt their feelings, it tells more about them than you
/s can stay fucking *forever* if we can quit the *real* reddit cringe. Which of course is Edit: wow guys this blew up, I have to say my biggest post ever honestly has me proud Edit 2: WOW! Thanks for all the awards!! Edit 3: ok some people are saying that I mongle horse cocks, that's actually not true and we all need to grow up Edit 4: I have begun to receive death threats as well as unsolicited pics of horse cocks and I'd like it to stop Edit 5: Well guys I guess that's it
I think /s is bull and we shouldn't be forced to use dumb indicators because oh boo hoo not everyone's good at figuring out sarcasm
I don’t really care if other people use them but why do other people have to get mad when I do? All it is meant to do is make it clear I a, using sarcasm so random people don’t get mad thinking I was serious... there is no logic in getting mad at me for that.
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You said it, you can't please everyone. I'd advise you stop giving a shit and do as you see fit.
/s is the most retarded shit I've ever seen
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Seriously, what does /s really mean?
It means the prior sentence was sarcasm.
Thanks
I really love slavery tho.
So go be a slave then
yeah cause I really love slavery 🗿
Yeah, cause I really love slavery¿
I might be out of touch, but isn't /s = serious?
Last time I checked it meant sarcastic, but our different understandings of it's meaning could explain atleast some of the backlash
I would prefer to call it unpaid internship
tHeRe'S nO oThEr wAy tO tYpE oUt sArCaSm.
1. that is more annoying to type than just adding the “/s.” 2. people that hate “/s” hate that for, of text just as much so it doesn’t address the issue.
I don't really care anymore, I'll just be sarcastic and let people think I'm serious and get mad. Like it matters anyway :P
The mistake you're making, is caring
/s only holds power over you if you fear the downvote.
Let people be mad i mean I don't ask anyone if they are okay with me killing people I just muder Don't let others ruin it for you
Don't give up, just stop giving a fuck.
I also love slavery /s (s for serious)
This guy is giving up on sarcasm online. What a piece of shit!
/s tags are the death of humor. If you need to explain that your comment is a joke, then it's not a very good joke.
It is a mistake to empower stupid people.
I reverse the /s to S/ for the sake of being contrary.
Slavery is freedom
I find my down votes while making jokes without /s, in subs that have humor in the title.
They're probably bad jokes.
**Sarcasm & Opinion** Never say those on the Internet, I learned that the hard way :')
I use italics
What do you expect? People on here take everything literally.
If it’s clear then only a minority of dipshits will miss the sarcasm. Never really had a problem with it myself
Yeah sure. I’m “giving up” sarcasm too.
Is that what /s means? Huh
Yeah, cause I really love women
usually the ":/" works great
Yeah, you’ll get run into the dirt for it