Cover your /s

Ya know, a lot of us post sarcasm and irony. But others don’t get it’s sarcasm and respond with outrage. (Sometimes me!)

It’s pretty easy to label these post with /s to avoid misunderstandings among the faithful

Try not being so sensitive. It’s just text that you read and elect yourself to engage in. Get past it already or find something else to do.

If people don't get the sarcasm it's up to them , Sarcasm is a very British thing,

other people may get the wrong end of the stick, /s

regards Worgeordie

Some say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Then again that's up to them, personally I don't care.

29 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Cover your /s

Ya know, a lot of us post sarcasm and irony. But others don’t get it’s sarcasm and respond with outrage. (Sometimes me!)

It’s pretty easy to label these post with /s to avoid misunderstandings among the faithful

It’s actually a very valid point.

I’d never really seen the “/s” tag - or whatever you’d call it - used before, but it does remove a lot of ambiguity, especially when people come from different backgrounds and languages where the nuance of sarcasm can easily be missed.

In the past I’ve used the upside-down smiley 🙃 to indicate sarcasm, although I’m not sure how widely understood or commonly used that is.

And on this comment...

7 minutes ago, Rams86 said:

Some say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Then again that's up to them, personally I don't care.

The comment in an incomplete excerpt from a quote attributed to Oscar Wilde:

“ Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence".....

24 minutes ago, novacova said:

Try not being so sensitive. It’s just text that you read and elect yourself to engage in. Get past it already or find something else to do.

Brilliant reply!

/s

Given how much human communication relies on tone, facial expression, body language and context, it’s no surprise that text-only communication so often leads to misunderstandings.

In many cases, the issue is not what was actually written, but how it is interpreted — often shaped by the reader’s mood, assumptions or personal disposition.

Im in favor of any simple ways to clarify 😃

35 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

It’s actually a very valid point.

I’d never really seen the “/s” tag - or whatever you’d call it - used before, but it does remove a lot of ambiguity, especially when people come from different backgrounds and languages where the nuance of sarcasm can easily be missed.

In the past I’ve used the upside-down smiley 🙃 to indicate sarcasm, although I’m not sure how widely understood or commonly used that is.

And on this comment...

The comment in an incomplete excerpt from a quote attributed to Oscar Wilde:

“ Sarcasm is the lowest form of wit, but the highest form of intelligence".....

Thanks for the correction as I'm only a common former old plumber who went to a tech school not some posh university.

10 minutes ago, Rams86 said:

Thanks for the correction as I'm only a common former old plumber who went to a tech school not some posh university.

Peasant.

/s 🙃 (think that covers it)

13 minutes ago, Rams86 said:

Thanks for the correction as I'm only a common former old plumber who went to a tech school not some posh university.

If, by the off chance you actually went to a Russell Group Uni - then you missed out the /s or 🙃......

That said - hope you've been putting more than straw in dear old Liza's bucket !! 🫣

1 hour ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Cover your /s

Ya know, a lot of us post sarcasm and irony. But others don’t get it’s sarcasm and respond with outrage. (Sometimes me!)

It’s pretty easy to label these post with /s to avoid misunderstandings among the faithful

Where do you suggest the /s goes, before or after the main post? /s

1 hour ago, worgeordie said:

If people don't get the sarcasm it's up to them , Sarcasm is a very British thing,

other people may get the wrong end of the stick, /s

regards Worgeordie

One of the better

#sarcasm_on

#sarcasm_off

Works for me when I'm in the mood.

Take a breath

Read the post again

and...... /s might well mysteriously appear......................

Does anyone ever really give a /s?

4 minutes ago, BilllyGOAT said:

Does anyone ever really give a /s?

I'd say it's only the leftist, Wokes and LGBTQ community.

Poor dears, they're never happy.

And some post hateful political rhetoric under the guise of an "opinion".Then they try to escape responsibility by claiming "I was only joking" yuck, yuck. Yea, sure.

Northerners like me in the UK are known for our sense of humour and usually use sarcasm in a fun way Sadly the Yanks on here cannot seem to understand our comedy and think we are having a go at them there easily offended its not meant seriously its just our sense oh humour.

8 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'd say it's only the leftist, Wokes and LGBTQ community.

Poor dears, they're never happy.

Your pain is palpable.

Which one are you BTW?

14 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Cover your /s

Ya know, a lot of us post sarcasm and irony. But others don’t get it’s sarcasm and respond with outrage. (Sometimes me!)

It’s pretty easy to label these post with /s to avoid misunderstandings among the faithful

Agree. Needed almost as much as driver's license exams written in Braille 🙄 /s

14 hours ago, unblocktheplanet said:

Cover your /s

Ya know, a lot of us post sarcasm and irony. But others don’t get it’s sarcasm and respond with outrage. (Sometimes me!)

It’s pretty easy to label these post with /s to avoid misunderstandings among the faithful

Oh dear! You must understand that the world can´t change just because you have problem understanding. Ops, that came out wrong, didn´t it? 😂

15 hours ago, Rams86 said:

Some say that sarcasm is the lowest form of wit. Then again that's up to them, personally I don't care.

I thought puns were the lowest form of humor.

9 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I'd say it's only the leftist, Wokes and LGBTQ community.

Poor dears, they're never happy.

I would say that the "thick and slow" who don't get others humor are evenly distributed across the political spectrum.

Edited May 24May 24 by cdemundo
to make sense

3 minutes ago, cdemundo said:

I thought puns were the lowest form of humor.

It’s not the form of humor that matters, it’s whether an individual has it or not. Some folks were just born to be sour sticks in the mud.

17 minutes ago, novacova said:

It’s not the form of humor that matters, it’s whether an individual has it or not. Some folks were just born to be sour sticks in the mud.

Frenchies got great humor, germans to,

15 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I’d never really seen the “/s” tag - or whatever you’d call it - used before,

It obviously came from XML.

<Sarcasm>

Blah blah blah

</Sarcasm>

15 hours ago, Keeps said:

Peasant.

/s 🙃 (think that covers it)

I thought it was spelled "pheasant". /s

What a great thread!

3 hours ago, NanLaew said:

Your pain is palpable.

Which one are you BTW?

Me? I've been canceled, sorry.

1 hour ago, cdemundo said:

I thought it was spelled "pheasant". /s

Only the nobles shoot peasants pheasants.