Everyday I’m a little bit more surprised by just how many people on lemmy seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm regardless of whether it’s funny or not… and I don’t say that out of judgement or to make anyone feel bad, I’m honestly just really surprised… but it is teaching me to be more aware of it outside the internet as well
From my experience, some cultures are contextual and thus sarcasm and irony is part of their mindset and language. The vast majority of the world isn’t like that though, and so most people can’t read or tell something is a joke. It’s especially harder to tell sarcasm on text.
The is a small window of time during the growth of a website where just enough cool people join it to offset the weirdos. That is the time when you’ll have the most fun browsing it. Too many of them and your mother starts using the website. Clearly Lemmy lacks cool people at the moment.
I have learned a great deal about various people on the web but especially on reddit/lemmy. Among others that I may also belong to some demographic. I am more willing to give everyone a benefit of doubt and also I know that sometimes we just look for an online fight and that is the only point of some of the comments. Or affirmation and feel good for someone sharing our view. It is an easy, zero resistance way to bury some things quickly, before you collapse from panic attack in a long supermarket queue.
It only makes sense that the social media are extremely grating on the eyes to browse.
So when next time someone is making that snarky comment or is clearly looking for some drama, know that this is probably just another of those days when it is easy to grab a phone, write some shit. You are looking at milion workhours of unhappiness streamlined with modern javascript and parallel databases. We have all the technology but nothing of the common sense.
seem to have no baseline whatsoever for discerning what is a joke or sarcasm
You must be new on the internet.
You’re supposed to reply to an obvious joke, ironic statement or parody with “fake” to demonstrate that nothing gets past you.
All of us should strive to be more like Leon Chang, 26, of Brooklyn. Happy, accomplished, carefree.
Do we have an equivalent of r/thattotallyhappened or whatever that sub was called?
Normally I’m with you, but I won’t deny this one happened. There are two different reasons though.
- He was fucking with them.
- New Yorkers are crazy. And the ones willing to stop and talk are obviously even more unhinged.
As someone who briefly lived in NYC if anyone for any reason at all tries to stop you for conversation, Do. Not. Engage. Headphones in, never make eye contact, and never stop moving. Anyone who doesn’t behave that way is a tourist, a cop, crazy, or a mark. None of which you want to be. So this is already self-selecting for people you don’t want to interact with
Ye, I guess that’s plausible, but what I don’t find plausible is the the author didn’t pick up on it! Or any of the editors!
You’re right though, maybe it wouldn’t really fit that sub
I think that every big city with an unhinged populace should pay people (like peer recovery people) to just walk the streets and talk to people and maybe give them tips of mental health resources.
I live in a much smaller place than New York (I mean, aren’t they all?) and I’m always talking to people on the street who need help, providing resources, phone numbers, locations. And that’s a smaller town! Imagine what a group of people could do in a big, crazy place.
I had to look this one up and it turns out Leon Chang is a comedian. And is also the one posting it
I mean clearly they find them in grand central terminal
