Gabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoIt's how the world workslemmy.worldimagemessage-square39fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1imageIt's how the world workslemmy.worldGabe Bell@lemmy.world to tumblr@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square39fedilink
minus-squarelugal@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month ago i think you might have dropped your “/s” homie. Damn, I really thought I didn’t need it. It kind of ruins the joke and I thought I made it clear enough
minus-squareRampsquatch@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoText doesn’t convey tone, and not everyone who reads what you write knows you personally. The /s doesn’t ruin the joke near as much as the person who thinks you are being serious does when they raise a shit-fit over it.
minus-squareFarid@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 month agoFWIW, to me the comment read as sarcastic from start to finish.
minus-squarePandantic [they/them]@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 month agoThe (assuming you are white) tipped me off.
Damn, I really thought I didn’t need it. It kind of ruins the joke and I thought I made it clear enough
Text doesn’t convey tone, and not everyone who reads what you write knows you personally. The /s doesn’t ruin the joke near as much as the person who thinks you are being serious does when they raise a shit-fit over it.
FWIW, to me the comment read as sarcastic from start to finish.
The (assuming you are white) tipped me off.