It's sometimes impossible to detect sarcasm from just text, that's why Poe's law exists. You may be good at understanding sarcasm and satire, but some people aren't and putting /s is making sure that everyone understands instead of just you.

I feel you on the dumbing down part though, but I think sarcastic comments are not a form of media that must be left only to be enjoyed by the people who are "better than this".

[–] Misconduct@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago

I mean... They don't have to be left to anyone. Is it really that hard to ask for or wait for more context before popping off? If I misunderstand sarcasm I just say oh oops I misunderstood my bad and move on with my day. It's such a non-issue.

[–] MBM@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago

I think it'd be cool if Lemmy had an option to select tone the same way you can select language, and an option to hide tone by default