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I dunno, stuff like the IBM Nazi thing or the helmet tracking used on slaves in Qatar is kinda... kinda gives bad vibes, I guess.
by tmtvl 3y ago
I dunno, stuff like the IBM Nazi thing or the helmet tracking used on slaves in Qatar is kinda... kinda gives bad vibes, I guess.
- waihtis 3y ago[flagged]
- spacechild1 3y agoI think your sarcasm antennas need some adjustment.
- waihtis 3y agono I think its extremely infantile behaviour to use light sarcasm when discussing serious matters
- spacechild1 3y agoI wouldn't agree. Here the sarcasm isn't used to belittle the victims but to mock and shame the perpetrators.
- waihtis 3y agoYeah I bet the Qatar monarchy is absolutely red with shame because someone offhandedly made a sarcastic comment about them on the interwebs
- spacechild1 3y agoSigh. When someone shames powerful people on the internet they are generally not expecting the people in question to see it. (Well, except it's about Elon Musk :) The intention is rather to raise awareness among the general public.
- PawgerZ 3y agoWhat happened to not using sarcasm when dealing with serious issues? Seems like pretty infantile behavior to me.
- Fluorescence 3y agoSarcasm, irony and euphemism are modes indirectness, like gallows humour, to help us talk about the horrific without the equivalent of burning our eyes out staring at the sun. It's a coping mechanism. Sincere and explicit statements of horror have paradoxical outcomes because such words wear thin. They are overused by the disengenuous to wound others. The sincere are forced onto a semantic treadmill seeking different ways to express themselves.
- frogpelt 3y agoInfants are not sarcastic. Even older children struggle with it. So, in reality, sarcasm is actually a very grown-up thing to engage in. That doesn't necessarily mean one should.
- cqqxo4zV46cp 3y agoThis is very obviously not to be taken literally.
- fullshark 3y agohttps://www.grammarly.com/blog/understatement https://www.grammarly.com/blog/understatement