Nuance, undertones, rhetorical questions may as well as not exist for some of these good fellows. I must remind myself that even though someone (many someones) might lack in this department, that doesn’t mean they aren’t brighter than me in many other things.

I am curious though. How, if you are aware of this, do you watch spy, palace intrigue, double agent, psychological movies? Isn’t it detrimental to fully enjoy the acting and reading actors expressions and nuances? I guess you wouldn’t be aware that you are missing full experience?

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It’s not about me by the way, it is from the perspective of a spectator, a lurker and not about me receiving some kind of response.

  • Kennystillalive@feddit.org
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    6 days ago

    I mean it’s not just a lemmy thing it’s an internet thing, but mostly common in places people don’t know the autor very well and the autor decides to not use any form of indication they are using sarcasm.

    Sarcasm and rethoric questions rely heavily on human conection and being able to read tonal shifts or gestures of the speaker. You don’t have any of that on the internet.

    Yes, you can take the absurdity of some claims as an indicator some people might be using sarcasm… Then again you look what is happening world wide, and some of the absurdities being said cannot be taken as someone taking the piss but much rather hey this unknown person might hold this believes.

    So when writing and wanting to use sarcasm please be classy enough to leave a clue that it’s sarcasm by using an /s as ☠️ or writting in italics.

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.eeOP
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      6 days ago

      I manage to get people on the web just fine somehow.
      Yet still I must observe other people misunderstanding each other and painfully not getting it every second browsed comment.

      This problem doesn’t exist in some places on the web that are less civilised and less safe spacey for some reason.

      I mean I wouldn’t say they are smarter but in this single aspect maybe they are. It’s painful to say that some 9gag or worse users are more verbally apt

      I am not going to hang out in such places. Maybe tumblr if anything. It is pretty witty. Not much text but overall tumblr users seem smooth