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WhyAserverWasBuilt ago

"I'm starting to think the Clinton Foundation may not have the best interests of children at heart."

Starting? I thought people here already knew that..

The_Savant ago

Yeah, sorry I don't have any emojis on my keyboard nor the storage to download one so it could be hard to tell how sarcastic that was.

heuristic ago

use a '/s' for sarcasm

example: I love Clinton /s

The_Savant ago

To be honest I thought it was obvious enough, but then again sarcasm is way more common over here in England so it might read differently to certain people.

kidavenger ago

I understand, @The_Savant. One of the many reasons I love the UK. I have a similar sarcastic streak, even though I am from the USA. Comments I make are frequently misinterpreted, for similar reasons. I think part of the issue is that it's hard to judge intent when a comment is just written and there are no visual or vocal cues.

The_Savant ago

Yep. It's also summed up pretty well in Key and Peele's "Text message confusion".

The other thing is also the high amount of people that have autism on this website, including potentially myself (never been tested).

HillBoulder ago

It was obvious. Sometimes a ... at the end helps convey sarcasm as well.

The_Savant ago

Added one, just for clarity.

I sort of wanted to be discrete about it but I guess if people won't understand it............

FloridaJackalope ago

It was definitely obvious enough. I chuckled when I read it.... Some people need to enhance their sarcasm detector a bit, that's all.