Comment on Israeli settlers attack West Bank Christian village
jeena@piefed.jeena.net 3 weeks agoI see, it's impossible to write anything, even the most rediciolous bullshit without a extremely obvious '/s' on Lemmy.
But when I write the '/s' it completely takes out any comedy out of the statement. It's a course.
adespoton@lemmy.ca 3 weeks ago
The problem is that your joke is exactly what a proportion of the population would write in all seriousness. And when called on it, they’d respond with “it’s just a joke! Don’t be so uptight!”
But if NOT called on it (because everyone thinks it’s just a joke), they’ll run with it in all seriousness.
So better just to downvote, signalling to people that the PoV isn’t considered OK.
If the /s makes it no longer funny, then it’s probably a good idea to think about whose expense you’re finding it funny at.