Personally I think not having karma limits is nice currently! I understand why they were used but grinding karma as a lurker on reddit was frustrating.

  • Ghast@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    6
    arrow-down
    2
    ·
    1 year ago

    Yea, always hated that one.

    maybe Elon musk will save the children /YET I SPEAK FALSLY FOR HUMOROUS EFFECT AS MUSK WILL IN FACT NOT SAVE ANY CHILDREN

    You’re stepping on the joke, once by mentioning it, and again by ripping out the best thing about low-key sarcasm: that some people don’t get the joke.

    Frankly, its racist against the British.

    • Shae@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      4
      ·
      1 year ago

      This is a good point, and it lead me to a realization: on reddit, there are two crowds that don’t get the joke. The first is the people the sarcasm makes fun of. The second is people on your side that just really love correcting people. Treating you like you’re serious is a chance to correct you and gain community approval for how “right” they are. They miss the sarcasm because they’re so excited to correct someone and gain community approval for it.

      This isn’t a problem in real life: you know who you’re around, and you make sarcastic jokes when everyone around you knows your stance already. I can see why /s became a sort of necessary protection on reddit. We can hope to not have to protect ourselves from people like that here, and not need /s as a result.

      • Ghast@lemmy.ml
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        1 year ago

        Not everyone gets the joke in real life either.

        Sarcasm is how undercover British police catch foreigners. They make little comments, and when someone takes them seriously, BAM - deportation.