> If you forgot the /s remember sarcasm doesn't transmit well over the internet, and by not clearly indicating it, you encourage or legitimize the people your s

> If you forgot the /s remember sarcasm doesn't transmit well over the internet, and by not clearly indicating it, you encourage or legitimize the people your sarcasm is aimed at. I didn't forget the /s. I declined to use it. There's a point at which a suggestion is so absurd a reasonable person is bound to interpret it as ironic. If they don't see the irony that's unfortunate, and 1) I wasn't talking to them and 2) their foolishness is only amplified if they feel legitimized.