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Ironic, considering the United States literally purchased Florida from Spain.
by rfw300 3y ago
Ironic, considering the United States literally purchased Florida from Spain.
- ethbr1 3y agoYeah, but it wasn't like there were pre-existing inhabitants in the Americas at that time. /HEAVIEST-S-POSSIBLE
- bluish29 3y agoIs that suppose to be some sort of sarcasm I'm missing, or you just ignore Indigenous people? [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indigenous_peoples_of_the_Amer...
- saghm 3y agoNot sure if the comment was edited or not, but "/s" is often used as a shorthand for indicating sarcasm due to it not being easy to infer tone in text, so "/HEAVIEST-S-POSSIBLE" is intended mean that you should read their comment in as sarcastic a tone as possible. So yes, they were being sarcastic.
- bluish29 3y agoThanks for clarification. That was new to me.
- eyelidlessness 3y agoThe “/HEAVIEST-S-POSSIBLE” is an extension of “/s” which is used as an explicit indicator of sarcasm.
- bluish29 3y agoThanks for clarification
- olex 3y agoAnd Alaska from Russia.