Sarchasm: the gap between your comment and the audience

"frogberg" (frogberg) 12/20/2013 at 14:36 • Filed to: None

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Do the front page commenters no longer understand sarcasm?

http://jalopnik.com/that-is-an-exc…

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:39

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nope

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:39

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No. They don't.

Even when you tell them explicitly it's present.

Biased Plies > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:39

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Thinking many of them understand in the first place is a bad assumption.

lonestranger > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:41

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Have they ever?

Jagvar > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:42

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Yes , they totally understand sarcasm. They an incredible grasp of it.

André - Volvo4Life > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:44

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What's a "front page"?

CalzoneGolem > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:44

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You're not being sarcastic you're being wrong. Duh!

neon wario > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:45

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Yes, they do

Victorious Secret > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:45

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You don't have a star that adds +50 to your sarcasm throw.

Tough luck my friend.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 14:49

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I'm having trouble with this construction "no longer". It seems that you seem to think it did reliably at one time, and for that I'm going to have to ask you to put on this nice long-sleeved coat and come with me.

Ian Duer (320b) > frogberg 12/20/2013 at 15:29

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Without tone of voice (in print) sarcasm tends to become satire. Italics can sort of help imply tone of voice, thus avoiding the satire trap. But why worry. It's not like satire is often taken at face value rather than ironically or anything (I have no idea how get my phone to itallic)

TwoFortified > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 12/20/2013 at 15:35

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"nice long-sleeved coat" +1