I’m old enough to have been an adult when the internet was first opened up to the general public. I remember guides to writing email that stressed that you should be careful using irony or sarcasm, that the tone was very difficult to convey. I don’t know what it could be, but there seems to be something about online communication that makes it next to impossible to use such devices.
Sure, but for some reason there doesn't seem to be the same difficulty in print. I don't recall any warnings about the use of sarcasm or irony in style guides before the internet era, and no one seemed to feel the need for anything like "/s".
That’s a really good point. I would guess that this has to do with how the medium of the internet makes it more difficult to detect the author’s intent. Pre-internet, most writing was read from books, newspapers, and magazines. With each of these, the reader usually has a good idea of the author’s tone. Going in, the reader is usually familiar with the subject, and I’m guessing that longer texts give the reader more time and context to detect the tone.
This is all pretty different on the internet, where shorter, user-generated content (mostly written by people who aren’t amazing writers) reigns supreme. When reading comments in a thread or flipping through posts, the reader switches between different authors with their different tones much quicker than in earlier mediums. It makes sense that people would get tripped up more often.
That’s all just ideas, though. I’d love to see some scientific study on this kind of stuff.
Lack of nonverbal queues/tone and lack of context. It’s easier to convey sarcasm through text if you’re chatting with someone you know well. But online, you’re often talking to near strangers, and you don’t know if they’re the type to find this kind of thing hilarious among other beliefs.
The fuck? This is completely messed up. I cannot agree with the bullshit “facts” stated in this article. 8 billion only netted 8 million terminated unborn lives? Almost $1000 per is definitely not “efficient.”
your app should zoom the img to fit the sides of your screen, and scroll down to see the whole thing. if not you either have a bad app or need to change a setting
Because it is a comedic reflection of what is happening right now with certain people insisting misinformation is fact and true despite all evidence to the contrary. (Eg: trump won, vaccines kill, ETc.)
The bottom image is pretty much why it’s funny to me.
Apparently for dudes who’ve got a compulsive need to be the smartest person in the room, “someone who’s wrong in a really stupid way who has unshakable confidence that they’re smarter than you” is their kryptonite.
Tons of people keep trying to convince him even though he’s just saying “no you’re wrong” over and over again.
The point is that when you’re an adult and talking to a child, you can’t talk to them like an adult. When you’re dealing with someone without the faculties or desire to engage in informed debate, just save your breath.
Actually incredibly instructive to US readers at the moment given our horrific levels of education and high levels of misinformation and bias in media.
Same on Connect and Boost. They look like shit. Not to mention I think it’s just annoying to have to click multiple times (to read it at all) then scroll and bunch before needing to hit back.
Edit: apparently I’m wrong on the more recent versions of Connect. Regardless, a weird content format that requires app developers to think about supporting is kind of annoying in general
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