I’m a straight male who is very secure in my masculinity. But I’ve gotten shit from people when I use female characters in games. Never understood why that’s a problem.

[–] madjo@feddit.nl 6 points 19 hours ago

I usually play as a female character in games too. I prefer to look at pretty things.

[–] REDACTED@infosec.pub 1 points 13 hours ago

[+] Gladaed@feddit.org -27 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Can we stop with this stupid and homophobic argument?

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 35 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This seems sarcastic. I can tell by the punctuations i am seeing.
It's abit gay tho

[–] courval@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (2 children)

Lol yes, thank you. I'm of the opinion that using /s defeats the whole point of sarcasm.. But at the same time I suspect the world is going crazy via misinterpreted sarcasm on the Internet.. It's a tough decision, maybe I should be using /s but then it's not sarcasm anymore..

[–] Bravo@eviltoast.org 5 points 20 hours ago (1 children)

Poe's law is an adage of Internet culture which says that, 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.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law

Poe's law is based on a comment written by Nathan Poe in 2005 on christianforums.com, an Internet forum on Christianity. The message was posted during a debate on creationism, where a previous poster had remarked to another user: "Good thing you included the winky. Otherwise people might think you are serious".[4]

The reply by Nathan Poe read:[1]

Without a winking smiley or other blatant display of humor, it is utterly impossible to parody a Creationist in such a way that someone won't mistake for the genuine article.

The original statement of Poe's law referred specifically to creationism, but it has since been generalized to apply to any kind of fundamentalism or extremism.[3]

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 4 points 20 hours ago

Since when is Poe making laws? I thought he’s an X-Wing pilot.

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

🤣

I don't think sarcasm is the problem. The bad actors are. In fact i think sarcasm is more necessary than ever:

If we don't understand what is and IS NOT sarcasm, the opinions of bad actors won't be laughed at. If they aren't actively laughed at they'll be encouraged by the idea that they're being taken seriously.
If people don't learn to recognize bullshit with friends(in a safe environment) then they're going to fail to differentiate the truth elsewhere where it can truly hurt them and those around them.

[–] kassiopaea@lemmy.blahaj.zone 11 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you considered that the comment could, in fact, be a joke?

[–] Gladaed@feddit.org -3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yes

[–] untorquer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Why the downvotes though!? This is GOLD!