sanitation@lemmy.today to me_irl@lemmy.world · 3 days agoMe_irllemmy.todayimagemessage-square70linkfedilinkarrow-up1413arrow-down128
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minus-squareLuckyFogic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down1·3 days agoIt’s to clarify when people are being serious. Sometimes tone is hard to determine over text, so people started using it to show that there is no inner joke, double meaning, or meta humor at play. I’m seriously, you guys. /s
minus-squarechuckleslord@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 days agoPointing to this whenever someone says /s ruins jokes. It’s almost like being funny is the thing that makes things funny or not.
It’s to clarify when people are being serious. Sometimes tone is hard to determine over text, so people started using it to show that there is no inner joke, double meaning, or meta humor at play.
I’m seriously, you guys.
/s
The new Lemmy switch-a-roo.
Pointing to this whenever someone says /s ruins jokes. It’s almost like being funny is the thing that makes things funny or not.