• KubeRoot@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    25·
    2 days ago

    That comment was a joke, they were imitating the sarcasm of the original reply to the subway, from the point of view of an anti-homeless organization only looking to “deal” with the homeless, perhaps using your comment as an excuse to do so.

    • LANIK2000@lemmy.worldEnglish
      47·
      2 days ago

      Honestly hard to tell what level of sarcasm we’re on. As in either, “Haha, that’s how they would reply” or jokingly dismissing what I said as stupid/hypocritical with my sentence twisted. People here usually use “/s” to denote that the prior wasn’t serious.

      • naught101@lemmy.worldEnglish
        12·
        2 days ago

        the “use our suggestion box” wasn’t so much a hint as a giant sign in flashing neon lights

        • LANIK2000@lemmy.worldEnglish
          46·
          2 days ago

          You’d be surprised how many people talk like that. It’s a common way to make fun of someone.

      • dufkm@lemmy.worldEnglish
        94·
        2 days ago

        Unfortunately, adding a cringey “/s” takes all the fun out of sarcasm. It’s better not to flag it and let the reader be responsible for detecting the sarcasm, at the cost of occasionally being misunderstood.