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Educational!
I wonder to what extent we should apply this idea to our dialogue here.
More than we are inclined to think. This is one of those things where it easy to overestimate how like-minded the group is and so miscallibrate the communication. I've had counter-signals backfire here before, which is one of the reasons I appreciate Alicorn's reminder so much. I would add that you aldo need to consider the potential motivation of the audience and that when online context is fossilized forever.
It's not like we need a sarcasm tag.
We might, actually.
Go meta and look at that comment again.
...that was entirely too subtle for my straightforward brain. I think I get it now.
The funny thing is that this comment and all three above it could either be read straight or as sarcastic / indirect.
I'm having slight difficulty determining which ones should be read as which.
Maybe we need a sincerity tag.
Seriously?
Third base!
I think the first two of those at least can be read in any combination of sarcastic/sincere*, which IMO is the best way to read them. I need to take a screenshot of those two and share them on some internet site somewhere.
I read JamesAndrix's as sarcastic and RobinZ's as straight.
[not sarcasm] I often do. [/not sarcasm]