• QuantumSparkles@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    1 month ago

    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

    • 𝓔𝓶𝓶𝓲𝓮@lemm.ee
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      1 month ago

      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.

  • Aielman15@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    1 month ago

    All of us should strive to be more like Leon Chang, 26, of Brooklyn. Happy, accomplished, carefree.

    • halcyoncmdr@lemmy.worldEnglish
      0·
      1 month ago

      Normally I’m with you, but I won’t deny this one happened. There are two different reasons though.

      1. He was fucking with them.
      2. New Yorkers are crazy. And the ones willing to stop and talk are obviously even more unhinged.
      • makeshiftreaper@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        1 month ago

        As someone who briefly lived in NYC if anyone for any reason at all tries to stop you for conversation, Do. Not. Engage. Headphones in, never make eye contact, and never stop moving. Anyone who doesn’t behave that way is a tourist, a cop, crazy, or a mark. None of which you want to be. So this is already self-selecting for people you don’t want to interact with