Everyday I’m a little bit more surprised by just how many people on lemmy seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm regardless of whether it’s funny or not… and I don’t say that out of judgement or to make anyone feel bad, I’m honestly just really surprised… but it is teaching me to be more aware of it outside the internet as well
I have learned a great deal about various people on the web but especially on reddit/lemmy. Among others that I may also belong to some demographic. I am more willing to give everyone a benefit of doubt and also I know that sometimes we just look for an online fight and that is the only point of some of the comments. Or affirmation and feel good for someone sharing our view.
It is an easy, zero resistance way to bury some things quickly, before you collapse from panic attack in a long supermarket queue.
It only makes sense that the social media are extremely grating on the eyes to browse.
So when next time someone is making that snarky comment or is clearly looking for some drama, know that this is probably just another of those days when it is easy to grab a phone, write some shit. You are looking at milion workhours of unhappiness streamlined with modern javascript and parallel databases. We have all the technology but nothing of the common sense.
Everyday I’m a little bit more surprised by just how many people on lemmy seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm regardless of whether it’s funny or not… and I don’t say that out of judgement or to make anyone feel bad, I’m honestly just really surprised… but it is teaching me to be more aware of it outside the internet as well
There’s a name for it: Poe’s Law
I have learned a great deal about various people on the web but especially on reddit/lemmy. Among others that I may also belong to some demographic. I am more willing to give everyone a benefit of doubt and also I know that sometimes we just look for an online fight and that is the only point of some of the comments. Or affirmation and feel good for someone sharing our view. It is an easy, zero resistance way to bury some things quickly, before you collapse from panic attack in a long supermarket queue.
It only makes sense that the social media are extremely grating on the eyes to browse.
So when next time someone is making that snarky comment or is clearly looking for some drama, know that this is probably just another of those days when it is easy to grab a phone, write some shit. You are looking at milion workhours of unhappiness streamlined with modern javascript and parallel databases. We have all the technology but nothing of the common sense.