▲ 636 ▼ Twitter neighbours complain of lit-up ‘X’ sign working at high intensity (www.theguardian.com) submitted 3 years ago by MicroWave@lemmy.world to c/news@lemmy.world 83 comments fedilink hide all child comments New logo for Elon Musk’s social network strobes over San Francisco neighbourhood, prompting complaints and mobilising building inspectors
[–] MercuryUprising@lemmy.world 7 points 3 years ago (1 child) He's showing us how much smarter he is than the rest of us and why he deserves the billions he has. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saneless@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (2 children) I wish this place had a sarcasm font so it doesn't seem like someone is actually dense but instead is being quite funny. So hard to tell these days permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Butters@lemmywinks.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You really need a font to detect that as sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Sadly these days, it's too real a statement for someone permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) this place We should have implemented a sarcasm flag in the English language, like in Lojban, where unmarked jokes, sarcasm and offhand remarks are syntactically incorrect. However, English is a natural language undergoing evolution and generally does not conform to new prescriptive rules. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] varikvalefor@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 5 points 3 years ago* (2 children) I wish this place had a sarcasm font so it doesn't seem like someone is actually dense but instead is being quite funny. So hard to tell these days permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Butters@lemmywinks.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You really need a font to detect that as sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Sadly these days, it's too real a statement for someone permalink fedilink source parent [–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) this place We should have implemented a sarcasm flag in the English language, like in Lojban, where unmarked jokes, sarcasm and offhand remarks are syntactically incorrect. However, English is a natural language undergoing evolution and generally does not conform to new prescriptive rules. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] varikvalefor@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Butters@lemmywinks.com 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) You really need a font to detect that as sarcasm? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Sadly these days, it's too real a statement for someone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Saneless@lemmy.world 1 point 3 years ago Sadly these days, it's too real a statement for someone permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.de 1 point 3 years ago (1 child) this place We should have implemented a sarcasm flag in the English language, like in Lojban, where unmarked jokes, sarcasm and offhand remarks are syntactically incorrect. However, English is a natural language undergoing evolution and generally does not conform to new prescriptive rules. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [+] varikvalefor@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent
[+] varikvalefor@yiffit.net 1 point 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [removed by mod] permalink fedilink source parent