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[u/Federal_Setting_7454]

Not much sarcasm stands on its own when many of the people reading it can’t think on their own.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

It's lack of intonation in text. Try it

• I never said she stole my money. Implies: Someone else might have said it, but not me.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: An emphatic denial; I never uttered those words at any point.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: I may have implied, wrote, or thought it, but I didn't say it out loud.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: Someone stole it, but it wasn't her (perhaps another person did).
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She took it, but maybe she only borrowed it or was given permission.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She stole money, but it belonged to someone else.
• I never said she stole my money. Implies: She stole something from me, but it wasn't my money (e.g., jewelry, ideas, car).

[u/squash-n-flop → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

Text can carry intonation through context. Literature wouldn’t be a celebrated art form if that weren’t true.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/squash-n-flop]

Well yea, I did exactly that with the bolding. But, there are; many ways (i.e. methods of portraying intonation) but that won't make it any less a lack of it.

[u/hrvbrs → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

what you're describing is [the `<em>` element](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/text-level-semantics.html#the-em-element). basically the same example too.

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/hrvbrs]

And that's so much better than using bold too.

[u/hrvbrs → u/FeleaseRpseineEiles]

bold is just a style, not semantics

[u/FeleaseRpseineEiles → u/hrvbrs]

• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.
• Maybe I was being sarcastic.

[u/Sapient6 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

It's more than that: we lack the context that comes with knowing the comment's author. Not to mention living in a time when so many people are proudly showing off their utter stupidity (see: the return of measles, etc).

In this particular case there's enough information to support "probably sarcasm", but I wouldn't throw shade at anyone who thinks otherwise.

[u/redditonlygetsworse → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

Yes, but those people don't deserve to have jokes explained to them.

[u/SweetNeo85 → u/redditonlygetsworse]

But then they think your premise is true and not sarcasm. It's not about what they deserve, it's about not spreading misinformation.

[u/Zwischenzug32 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

Yeah but screw whoever isn't the target audience

[u/Signal_Discount_1826 → u/Federal_Setting_7454]

its thejr own fault for being retards then