I think when it comes to text people need to just include something to denote sarcasm or irony. You can’t read tone properly in text. Books can add color in the form of adjectives but outside of silliness we don’t add something like “he/she quipped sarcastically” into our own comments.
I think full adoption of the /s would be prudent for online discussions and comments with people that don’t know you personally.
Although it would be hilarious to add “I said, dripping with sarcasm” to the end of statements.
You don’t need tone for sarcasm, because it can be inferred from context. Check out British (“dry”) sarcasm.
Announcing your sarcasm is like explaining your joke. If you need to do it, you’ve failed, and it falls flat. At that point, it’s better to just not be sarcastic in the first place.
There can be vast differences in reading comprehension and contextual tone recognition.
As an easy example think of the many degrees of neurodivergency.
Secondly, British sarcasm and indeed a lot of British communication in general comes from the intention to be deliberately vague, so as to bake plausible deniability in to the responses given.
It can be inferred, but it’s not a guarantee.
That being said this guy seems to just be a prick trying to walk back something that blew up in his face.
I’m quite familiar. And in plain text it’s often lost on those that would benefit from understanding it. In some contexts it doesn’t matter. In others it does. Sometimes clarity is more important than whether or not it falls flat.
I think when it comes to text people need to just include something to denote sarcasm or irony. You can’t read tone properly in text. Books can add color in the form of adjectives but outside of silliness we don’t add something like “he/she quipped sarcastically” into our own comments.
I think full adoption of the /s would be prudent for online discussions and comments with people that don’t know you personally.
Although it would be hilarious to add “I said, dripping with sarcasm” to the end of statements.
You don’t need tone for sarcasm, because it can be inferred from context. Check out British (“dry”) sarcasm.
Announcing your sarcasm is like explaining your joke. If you need to do it, you’ve failed, and it falls flat. At that point, it’s better to just not be sarcastic in the first place.
you’re being sarcastic here, right? /s
If you want to act like a dumbass even ironically, you don’t get to be mad at people treating you like a dumbass
There can be vast differences in reading comprehension and contextual tone recognition.
As an easy example think of the many degrees of neurodivergency.
Secondly, British sarcasm and indeed a lot of British communication in general comes from the intention to be deliberately vague, so as to bake plausible deniability in to the responses given.
It can be inferred, but it’s not a guarantee.
That being said this guy seems to just be a prick trying to walk back something that blew up in his face.
I’m quite familiar. And in plain text it’s often lost on those that would benefit from understanding it. In some contexts it doesn’t matter. In others it does. Sometimes clarity is more important than whether or not it falls flat.