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I paraphrased a sentence from Scrooge (Charles Dickens) in an HN post discussing the plans to allow law enforcement robots to use lethal force. I called it an "
by oxfordmale 4y ago
I paraphrased a sentence from Scrooge (Charles Dickens) in an HN post discussing the plans to allow law enforcement robots to use lethal force. I called it an "effective way to reduce the surplus population". It was meant sarcastically, however, I got downvoted, likely because it was taken too seriously. It is safer to add a /sarcasm tag.
- Legogris 4y agoThe reason that comment on Christmas was downvoted was likely not because the sarcasm was not obvious (it was). It simply doesn't add anything of value to the conversation. Independent sarcastic remarks tend to get downvoted.