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I think OP is being sarcastic, referring to a comment on the original Show HN for Dropbox.

• psyc 4y ago
  That’s how I took it as well.
• turtledove 4y ago
  • chimprich 4y ago
    This one I think: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9224
  • TameAntelope 4y ago
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        • turtledove 4y ago
          Sorry, "would be super useful" be "would have helped me". Maybe those have different meanings to you? They mean more or less the same to me?
          • TameAntelope 4y ago
            One is an objective statement of the world, the other is a subjective statement about you personally. If these things mean the same to you, you're not parsing the English correctly, which points to a larger comprehension issue that further explains why you didn't get the original sarcasm.
            • turtledove 4y ago
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                    • ziddoap 4y ago
                      >Of course I pointed and laughed at you, you were (and still are) acting very poorly towards others. A non-confrontational mention that a tone marker would have helped, which you turned into an attack somehow (?), then you took pedantry to a new level (not uncommon on HN, but lol), and then after other insults on the OPs intelligence you say that they are acting poorly? What a laugh.
    • mindcrime 4y ago
      I would argue that "failing" to interpret sarcasm in this context is generally the fault of the person employing sarcasm. With none of the other cues that are available IRL (tone of voice, body language, facial expression, etc.) there's very little to tell a reader what is meant to be taken literally, versus taken as sarcasm. So yeah, if a writer doesn't include /s or ⸮ or whatever, that's on them if their words are misunderstood.
      • TameAntelope 4y ago
        • turtledove 4y ago
          Because they have context that I don't? Because they quickly scan down to other comments and see the people explaining the joke? And not everyone else "got the joke". I'd assume many folks didn't get it, but didn't post.
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  • dymk 4y ago
    Tone tags ruin a perfectly good joke
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    • turtledove 4y ago
      • dymk 4y ago
        No need to talk down to my neurodiverse friends, they understand irony and sarcasm in written text just fine. The neurotypical ones sometimes miss it, though.
      • mentalpiracy 4y ago
        you don't speak for me.
  • interestica 4y ago
    agreed.
• joebob42 4y ago
  This whole long thread makes me sad. Not least because I kind of find myself agreeing that tone tags do take something away from the joke. Not to say the commenter is flawed somehow for not getting the context, I didn't either right away. I dunno, communication is hard I guess :(