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It's really nice to see genuinely thoughtful comments on lemmy. It's definitely a refreshing change from the endless streams of tired, overused jokes that dominate that other site.
This
edit: do we really have to copy the '/s' for sarcasm?
Came here to say this.
No, no we do not.
I hope so but it seems the irony of my comment was lost to most readers until my edit.
@Hank It's just a nice thing in text based communication in general, as there are no tone or body cues to indicate sarcasm.
@MicroWave
I know but it so oftens ruins a joke if you are so focused on eliminating any ambiguity that the original purpose of your statement is lost.
The /s should remain a thing of the past. It’s embarrassing.