• EmpathicVagrant@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Almost like tone doesn’t come across in written form for all the people reading it, maybe we should develop a form of tonal punctuation to show satire in forums like this.

    • SheeEttin@lemmy.world
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      1 year ago

      The interrobang is purportedly for indicating sarcasm, though I and other people generally only use it as a silly “?!” ligature.

      Personally, I still believe that if satire can’t be detected, either it’s shitty satire, or your audience is too dense to understand it even if they recognized it.