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  • ewe@lemmy.worldtomemes@lemmy.worldI have never seen ”/s” on lemmy
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    1 year ago

    Point taken. I suppose I mean sarcasm not satire. /s is really a sarcasm indicator, not just satire.

    There are, however, other instances of satire that aren’t text based such as much movies (eg dr strangelove, Galaxy quest) or spoof movies as well as most political cartoons. But those sometimes are misunderstood as serious as well.

    Sarcasm comes across much better in person than via text, which I’m sure you agree with.









  • That’s a good and healthy way to approach this. Nicely put.

    Bettering the world’s situation is a legislative/political issue. Bettering you and your immediate community is something you can help with, even if it’s only at the margins.

    The problem with all this, however, is that there are a lot of the things that you can do to help your personal situation that are definitely not helping the overall situation. For example installing air conditioning, watering your lawn, etc. They might make things more comfortable for you, but they’re by no means better for the world. We still need to incentivize the right things through the right tax breaks and financial/industry incentives, which lead us back to politics being the actual thing that we need to make meaningful personal and global change possible.