• rottingleaf@lemmy.world
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    22 hours ago

    It is because sarcasm needs tone. Which you do not have in text.

    “Frodo didn’t offer her any tea”

    “And the more they drank, the more sober they were becoming”

    Just off the top of my head.

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      22 hours ago

      So you disagree that in many online conversations sarcasm is confused for serious statements and vise versa?

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        22 hours ago

        No, that’s not what I said. Just that to make clearly distinguishable and good sarcasm you don’t need “/s”. Most people can’t, of course.