it's not as dead-pan with an /s imhho, I prefer the ambiguity, the increased hilarity, the increased mental work of considering whether a statement is in good

it's not as dead-pan with an /s imhho, I prefer the ambiguity, the increased hilarity, the increased mental work of considering whether a statement is in good faith or being sarcastic/sardonic, the opportunity to understand how people can be hurt and the motives of barbs and lashes and how to discern the distress and deeper needs of "violent" people, and eventually the remembered insights on how to better generate boundaries and equanimity in the way of Buddhist psychology, phenomenological bracketing, non-violent/compassionate communication, Brechtian principles, deconstruction, clowning, DBT, etc lol though I know this doesn't scale to situations without a boundary, where you can get abuse just for existing. I would use /s in a commons that expects a higher standard of good faith/well-being interactions (does thoroughly confusing or disrespecting people for a jape equate to an abuse? how much of memeing is not just legal but moral? these are rhetorical questions, you are allowed to save your mental labour on this for yourself, self-care is prime, though I hope you all have a appropriate levels of support) Stuart Lee is my favourite comedian, they are masterful in playing with this https://youtu.be/5S9QJXa5YP8 https://youtu.be/5S9QJXa5YP8 - Stewart Lee deals with audience latecomers (Basic Lee) https://youtu.be/EclpMn-mK5E https://youtu.be/EclpMn-mK5E - Stewart Lee HITS OUT At Audience Behaviour (Basic Lee) https://youtu.be/NtFJ1HT3gto https://youtu.be/NtFJ1HT3gto - Stewart Lee on Stewart Lee fans (Basic Lee) https://youtu.be/TrkPNwSRxtM https://youtu.be/TrkPNwSRxtM - Stewart Lee on his Audience (Content Provider) shout out to the somewhat similar subtitles use of: (!) p.s. as an alternative to Windows, I always recommend folk use KDE, and a distro based on Arch btw