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Ah yes, the most unproductive and inane of all of Reddit's traditions. Oh the hate subs? Pfft, nothing on those dastardly cake days. /s
No but seriously, it's not a big deal. It's just an occasional comment about "happy cake day". Kinda hope you're being hyperbolic, but I've seen enough comments like this that I thought it worth replying to anyways.
I legitimately think reddit would be better if everyone who used the phrase "cake day" was permanently IP banned from the service. And hate subs aren't really a reddit tradition, more a general Internet thing, but go off I guess. Also, fuck the S, it's the second most unproductive and inane reddit tradition
I knew you'd say that! Did you know that the /s isn't for you? Turns out, there are other people on the internet, some of whom have trouble with sarcasm, who really appreciate having these redundancies built into the text. Wow!
You're not special. Neither am I. The more exalted you act, the harder reality will fight you to put you in your place. Your comfort is not exalted above mine or anyone else's. What I'm trying to say is that, rather than making Reddit/Lemmy an echo chamber of your own design, we need to think about what is good for the community. I see no reason why cake days are anything more than a minor annoyance, and I've pointed out how the /s can benefit some people. The common ground in your analysis is that it pisses you off. What about everyone else?
There's all sorts of shit I'm not at all interested in seeing, but I'm not going to advocate we ban it. I'll just block the community if it's that much of a problem.
IMO the /s serves as a great litmus test to suss out jackasses who lack empathy. I'm sorry if I sound jaded, but that's just because I am jaded from seeing the same solipsism time and time again on Reddit.
Using /s is utterly pointless and I can prove it, although I doubt you'll read it.
If someone legitimately doesn't get the joke, adding a /s won't make it funny to them, at most all it will do is prevent them from replying with some kind of attack. So I guess if internet harassment from incompetent people that can't read sarcasm actually affects your mental state, adding a /s is a decent band-aid replacement for the therapy you obviously require.
In most cases, the S is "necessary" because your joke wasn't funny, and the S will not make it funny, it'll just make people pity your lack of humor.
Lastly, in the case where people get the joke, as soon as they see the S they will no longer find the joke funny. It's the equivalent of saying bazinga after every joke. It's not funny, it's just annoying, and it ruins the few times you actually manage to tell a good joke.
And feel free to keep shitflinging, I am neurodivergent and I don't need morons like you self-ruining your jokes in the name of some random internet people with no social awareness.
Hey I'm sorry about the previous comments. I think they were a bit caustic.
Tbh I don't need the /s, although I definitely need mad therapy and I'm not trying to hide that. But at the same time, I do think that we need to look out for our more sensitive members. At some point in your life, you'll be "the sensitive one" about something. It's just a matter of time and rolling the dice.
Exactly. That's important. It reduces the chance of spreading negativity and ill-will in the community.
Whenever I use it, the point is to make it clear that I don't literally mean what is said. I don't care if it's funny or not. I just don't want to be hurtful. Usually when I say something sarcastic, it's kinda caustic if taken literally.
I haven't mentioned this yet, but other than context, there's no real way to determine sarcasm from text. A lot of people don't really understand what context is or how to use it.
I'm ND too. I suppose my comments have been a bit venomous, and I'm sorry about that. However, I do think that self-ruining jokes is a small price to pay for other people's comfort (ND or otherwise). My point basically is "yes these people have no social awareness/humor/ability to read context/competence/etc., but they are still equal members of our community who deserve to feel comfortable here." Now obviously I don't believe that we should make infinite accomodations for everyone, but I don't think that choosing to add an /s sometimes is too much of a restriction on your freedom.