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minus-squareJustARaccoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 months agoI felt like “/s” gives the “joke” away so I opted not to have it and have people actually think critically, especially since the statement is false.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoDo you think the joke matched the comment it was replying to, which was about calling your house representative?
minus-squareAdrianTheFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·8 months agoIt’s what a wealthy conservative business owner might say upon reading the first sentence of your comment, I think it fits.
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months ago It’s what a wealthy conservative business owner might say upon reading the first sentence of your comment, I think it fits. Fair enough, and that’s the answer I was looking for. The majority of the comment was about contacting your house representative, but you’re right, it could match the first sentence, I guess. I kind of wished they would have quoted that first sentence as part of their reply with the joke, to save me some time in replying.
minus-squareJustARaccoon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·8 months agoIt’s a cynical statement, lighten up
minus-squareCosmic Cleric@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-28 months ago lighten up Not a matter of lightening up, its a matter of trying to understand, as it seems like such a non sequitur. Is it really so hard to believe that somebody would want to know why somebody replied to them in such a perceived strange and unrelated sort of way?
I felt like “/s” gives the “joke” away so I opted not to have it and have people actually think critically, especially since the statement is false.
Do you think the joke matched the comment it was replying to, which was about calling your house representative?
It’s what a wealthy conservative business owner might say upon reading the first sentence of your comment, I think it fits.
Fair enough, and that’s the answer I was looking for.
The majority of the comment was about contacting your house representative, but you’re right, it could match the first sentence, I guess.
I kind of wished they would have quoted that first sentence as part of their reply with the joke, to save me some time in replying.
It’s a cynical statement, lighten up
Not a matter of lightening up, its a matter of trying to understand, as it seems like such a non sequitur.
Is it really so hard to believe that somebody would want to know why somebody replied to them in such a perceived strange and unrelated sort of way?