without a clear indicator of the author’s intent, any parodic or sarcastic expression of extreme views can be mistaken by some readers for a sincere expression of those views.
Not applicable to that specific post as they obviously went the extra mile in layering an exaggerated and moronic take with additional hyperbole.
The fact that they had to edit in and add an explicit “/s” is an indictment of the mental capacity of those who down voted it, not OP, and definitely not indicative of Poe’s Law.
I mean, the post you’re replying to was obviously sarcastic when I read it, even before I got to the edit. Blows my mind how many people can’t see that and need to have their hands held with an /s 🙄
You are misinformed, chances are you are about average at detecting sarcasm. Everybody think they are good at it, but you probably couldn’t detect sarcasm on something you agree on nearly as easily as you think.
If you love the color blue, how do you decide between:
1 I love the color blue, it’s so pretty. (true statement)
2 I love the color blue, it’s so pretty. (Sarcasm)
Even if it’s between 2 people who know each other, sarcasm is far from always detected. Even between married people the sarcasm detector isn’t 100%.
Research has been done on that, and although I don’t recall the numbers, what I do recall is, that people detect sarcasm way less than we expect.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe's_law
Not applicable to that specific post as they obviously went the extra mile in layering an exaggerated and moronic take with additional hyperbole.
The fact that they had to edit in and add an explicit “/s” is an indictment of the mental capacity of those who down voted it, not OP, and definitely not indicative of Poe’s Law.
You think that’s the only explanation? It couldn’t be that people found it unfunny, labored, and cringy?
I mean, the post you’re replying to was obviously sarcastic when I read it, even before I got to the edit. Blows my mind how many people can’t see that and need to have their hands held with an /s 🙄
you need to /s because there will always be the one time someone is serious about it.
I mean I get that but this post is obviously sarcasm. Use your fucking head dumbass its not that fucking hard.
God damn people are stupid as fuck.
Sarcasm Detection is Way Too Easy!
You are misinformed, chances are you are about average at detecting sarcasm. Everybody think they are good at it, but you probably couldn’t detect sarcasm on something you agree on nearly as easily as you think.
If you love the color blue, how do you decide between:
1 I love the color blue, it’s so pretty. (true statement)
2 I love the color blue, it’s so pretty. (Sarcasm)
Even if it’s between 2 people who know each other, sarcasm is far from always detected. Even between married people the sarcasm detector isn’t 100%.
Research has been done on that, and although I don’t recall the numbers, what I do recall is, that people detect sarcasm way less than we expect.
Now was the first line sarcasm or not?