Notyou@sopuli.xyztoUnpopular Opinion@lemmy.world•If you don't use /s when being sarcastic, I'm going to treat your comment as being earnestEnglish
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1 day agoI honestly didn’t think this would be as unpopular as the responses make it seem. I used to be against using /s because “it makes it less fun” but way too many people get the wrong message. I decided to start using it because I want people to understand me correctly. It’s that the point of communicating with people?
IRL I try to be more over the top, but even then (like OP and others pointed out) if the person doesn’t know your baseline then they might think you are being serious. It has happened to me countless times.
I can agree with this statement for real life interactions, but online you can’t pick up the nonverbal cues.