you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] 16 points 1 year ago (1 child)

No wonder young men are more stupid and violent than they have been in a long time! /s

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Are they? I was under the impression that violence has been trending downward for some time.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I included the "/s" to attempt to make clear I was being mildly sarcastic. If you're unfamiliar, it's supposed to be a reference to old HTML coding, and a slash would denote the end of a programming statement. "/s" has been shorthand for a long time for "this is the end of a sarcastic statement." Hope that helps make it make more sense!

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [+] -6 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Yeah, I got that. The mild sarcasm part. As in "I still half believe this statement but I'm saying it with a silly face for plausible deniability" sarcasm that people typically employ when it comes to topics like these

    Ultimately doesn't matter but the snarky response is unwarranted

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments
  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child)

    That was not intended as snarky, just so you know. I was genuinely trying to be helpful, because I thought perhaps that's why you were confused.

  • source
  • parent
  • hideshow 2 child comments