▲ 928 ▼ Republicans shut down House floor to avoid Epstein vote (www.newsweek.com) submitted 1 year ago by tonytins@pawb.social to c/politics@lemmy.world 109 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 173 points 1 year ago (3 children) Dear diary, Today someone was sarcastic on Lemmy and people liked it. Big day for the fediverse. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children) I literally looked at the upvote as I was reading and had to question if it was sarcasm because it hadn't been downvote into oblivion... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Steve@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago Me too! Its a handy satire indicator permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago I had to check if I was in a hexbear thread. permalink fedilink source parent [–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) fr. I've actually been surprised by how little people around here seem to understand sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) We're a pretty neurodivergent crowd. I thrive in sarcasm, but a lot of us come with different care instructions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's not the only blockage to noticing sarcasm, there are so many people who say these / the things and actually MEAN them. We need differentiators, because the crazy levels are too high to wade through. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago That is a difficulty. Sometimes you take a risk with a joke, and if people don't like it? Guess what, they're right. Humour is subjective. permalink fedilink source parent [–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago They were clear about it. Most people just write a bad take that reasonably suffers from Poe’s law and call it satire when everyone else gets mad. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] chemical_cutthroat@lemmy.world 47 points 1 year ago (2 children) I literally looked at the upvote as I was reading and had to question if it was sarcasm because it hadn't been downvote into oblivion... permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Steve@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago Me too! Its a handy satire indicator permalink fedilink source parent [–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago I had to check if I was in a hexbear thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Steve@startrek.website 14 points 1 year ago Me too! Its a handy satire indicator permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaybone@lemmy.zip 8 points 1 year ago I had to check if I was in a hexbear thread. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] mrgoosmoos@lemmy.ca 23 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 child) fr. I've actually been surprised by how little people around here seem to understand sarcasm permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) We're a pretty neurodivergent crowd. I thrive in sarcasm, but a lot of us come with different care instructions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's not the only blockage to noticing sarcasm, there are so many people who say these / the things and actually MEAN them. We need differentiators, because the crazy levels are too high to wade through. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago That is a difficulty. Sometimes you take a risk with a joke, and if people don't like it? Guess what, they're right. Humour is subjective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 27 points 1 year ago (1 child) We're a pretty neurodivergent crowd. I thrive in sarcasm, but a lot of us come with different care instructions permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's not the only blockage to noticing sarcasm, there are so many people who say these / the things and actually MEAN them. We need differentiators, because the crazy levels are too high to wade through. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago That is a difficulty. Sometimes you take a risk with a joke, and if people don't like it? Guess what, they're right. Humour is subjective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] LavaPlanet@sh.itjust.works 15 points 1 year ago (1 child) That's not the only blockage to noticing sarcasm, there are so many people who say these / the things and actually MEAN them. We need differentiators, because the crazy levels are too high to wade through. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago That is a difficulty. Sometimes you take a risk with a joke, and if people don't like it? Guess what, they're right. Humour is subjective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 6 points 1 year ago That is a difficulty. Sometimes you take a risk with a joke, and if people don't like it? Guess what, they're right. Humour is subjective. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Soup@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago They were clear about it. Most people just write a bad take that reasonably suffers from Poe’s law and call it satire when everyone else gets mad. permalink fedilink source parent