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Perhaps you're not aware, but starting a sentence about something you don't like with "I like how..." is basically a form of sarcasm.
by kQq9oHeAz6wLLS 1y ago
Perhaps you're not aware, but starting a sentence about something you don't like with "I like how..." is basically a form of sarcasm.
- jfengel 1y agoThat's true, and people should learn to recognize it. But in general, sarcasm is easily misunderstood in pure text. You read it with a tone in your head, but they can't hear it. Also, it's best to avoid it a site like this with many non-native English speakers. It's an extra layer of difficulty.
- cwmoore 1y agoOk, good info. So GP means to evoke the type of information shearing garbage some of us are wise enough to expect from unaligned and underspecified human-emulating but self-serving autonomous digital systems, and not comment on their sincere affection for information loss in clickbait titles that. . .
- harvey9 1y agoIn this case it might not have been sarcasm. The headline cut in just the right place to let you fill in the blank for your own amusement.