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Did I need to append a /s for people to get my comment?
by ekianjo 3y ago
Did I need to append a /s for people to get my comment?
- munk-a 3y agoUnfortunately yes - this view isn't so out there that it's not inconceivable that someone would genuinely express it.
- debo_ 3y agoYou always have to /s here. I figure there are enough people reading HN who have different backgrounds in how they understand English that it's necessary. Also important to label jokes.
- red-iron-pine 3y agoalso a tech startup incubator, where there is a non-trivial portion of the population is, or is trying very hard to be, something like that CEO. in other words, for some people here it's not sarcasm.
- ReactiveJelly 3y agoHonestly yeah I had to read it a couple times, I didn't notice the joke right away, cause there are people out there who justify CEO salaries, I just can't remember the justification offhand. Maybe if you'd referenced Chernobyl I would have picked it up sooner. Or THERAC, that's a classic.
- me_me_me 3y agoon the internet, ALWAYS
- chombier 3y agoNope, sarcasm was pretty obvious from the "iceberg jumping at the boat" part.
- ekianjo 3y agothat was the give-away
- wkat4242 3y agoNo you didn't. :P
- danaris 3y agoPoe's Law[0] applies. Unfortunately, nowadays, unless you're among a group of people who already know your general opinions on things, it's nearly impossible to state an absurd position on some issue that a nontrivial number of people would actually, unironically, advocate for, until you get into the absolutely batshit stuff like "we should literally sacrifice poor people to the devil, then eat their flesh, to keep the rest of us from getting poor." [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
- godelski 3y agoCarry on. I for one laughed at the obviousness of the iceberg jumping out. We definitely should be encouraging more careful reading than hinting and reading everything as if they are words only. Your comment is about as obvious as it gets. Unless... the icebergs are alive. But then we have a bigger problem. Global warming is their revenge!