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The problem seems to be with the sarcasm detectors.


The common denominator seems to be your phrasing, not everybody else’s “sarcasm detectors.” And unfortunately a lot of people write comments like your joke but actually mean it.


Ad populum. What’s the common denominator on a nerd forum w.r.t interpreting tone cues?

No, not even the mock URL was enough.


If we’re going to go down that route, then we should also acknowledge that it’s a nerd forum that is typically reserved for serious discussion. Being sarcastic and cracking wise is generally discouraged


People make jokes here plenty. And being sarcastic? Only all the time. You can post 300-word matter-of-fact, spelling out all the premises comments. Or twenty-word quips that say the same thing. Both will be accepted depending on the mood.

But stubbornly trying to win arguments (imagined or real)? Oy vey. That’s a reservation that takes up a private jumbo jet.

Edit: And I saw your pot/kettle reply that you deleted. Of course you couldn’t help yourself. Mate.


I removed it - apparently not fast enough - because it felt mean-spirited and I was trying to let this go but apparently you are unable to do the same.

Also, making fun of the way somebody talks is incredibly rude and shitty. I don’t know why you feel the need to mock me like that in an attempt to make me feel self conscious about my speech patterns. That’s not cool and it is incredibly low, to say the least.

Either way I think it best if we both just moved on.


I’m sorry, it wasn’t my intention to make fun of the way you talk. I didn’t take that particular address to me as genuine.




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